'High levels' of force at prison
Prison officers at Belmarsh high-security jail use "extremely high" levels of force to subdue prisoners, a report reveals.

Man crushed to death in bin lorry
A homeless man is crushed to death by a bin lorry after he climbs into a bin to sleep, police in Manchester say.

Hacker to appeal over extradition
Lawyers for computer hacker Gary McKinnon are to challenge the home secretary's decision not to block his extradition to the US.

Jail boss scuppers freedom raffle
A raffle prize of a day's freedom offered to prisoners at a Lancashire jail is withdrawn after the governor finds out about it.

Hospital kit 'covered in blood'
An expert taskforce is being sent into a hospital in Essex amid concerns about standards of care.

Banker stole disabled niece's cash
A court jails an east London banker for siphoning hundreds of thousands of pounds from his disabled niece's trust fund.

Rebranded logo swirl sparks 'sperm' jibes
A dotted "i" represented by a swirl on a Devon resort's branding logo is criticised for looking like a sperm.

L-plate tank driver enters into battle with garden fence
Soldier crashes armoured vehicle into garden fence during driving lesson

England 'closing gap' on rivals
RFU director of elite rugby Rob Andrew believes England are now more competitive against their Tri-Nations rivals despite defeats to Australia and New Zealand.

Record 9-1 defeat my fault, says Martinez
Wigan manager Roberto Martinez deflects criticism from chairman Dave Whelan following Sunday's record 9-1 Premier League defeat by Tottenham.

Cities put their bids forward for 2018 World Cup
The 15 cities hoping to be part of England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup finals have submitted their cases for inclusion.

How much?
The art of valuing an Anglo-Saxon treasure trove

Gluhwein glory?
Charting the rise of festive German markets in England

Blood filters
Scientists' plea to cut risk of CJD among under 13s

'Wasting time'
What family of brain damaged man were told by medics

The big clear-up
Dealing with the aftermath of Cumbria's floods

More than 300 flee homes in fire
About 300 people are forced to leave their homes after a large fire breaks out in Peckham, south London.

Man hurt in supermarket shooting
A man suffers an arm injury during a shooting at a supermarket in Kent.

Banker's sex assault sentence cut
An investment consultant from London who sexually assaulted an unconscious woman has his sentence reduced on appeal.

£1.6m fraud aristocrat spared jail
A wealthy aristocrat who stole £1.6m from a family charity receives a suspended prison sentence.

Cromwell's boots sold for £3,800
A pair of boots believed to have belonged to Oliver Cromwell sell for £3,800 at auction in Berkshire.

Missing man's body found in canal
The body of a 30-year-old man from Camden who went missing after a night out is found in a local canal.

M6 dash woman jailed over killing
A woman who killed a man she met on the day she appeared in court for punching a police officer as she ran across the M6 is jailed.

Police 'too busy for my daughter'
The mother of a woman stabbed to death by her former partner tells an inquest police failed to respond to their pleas for help.

Ex-Rover bosses pay back £3m
The company owned by the ex-bosses of MG Rover agrees to pay back some of the millions of pounds taken out of the firm.

Package 'was an explosive device'
A suspicious package detonated in a controlled explosion in a Bedford street was an "explosive device", police say.

Anglo-Saxon gold worth £3.285m
The haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure unearthed in Staffordshire is valued at £3.285m by experts at the British Museum.

Plea over coma attack man
Police release a photograph of an attack victim lying in a coma in a bid to find those responsible.

Man accused of jockeys' murders
A man is charged with the murder of two apprentice jockeys who died in a fire at a flat in North Yorkshire.

Web racists challenge convictions
Two men appeal against their convictions for inciting racial hatred with offensive articles on websites in the US.

Urinating student avoids prison
A student who was threatened with jail after admitting urinating on a war memorial in Sheffield is ordered to do community service.

Ex-footballer on drugs charge
A former footballer is among a group of men charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.

Three jailed for torture killing
Three men are jailed for killing a man from Lancashire who was tortured in the mistaken belief he was paedophile.

Builder escapes floods landslide
A man tells how tonnes of mud narrowly missed his home after heavy rainfall triggered a landslide in the Cumbrian fells.

Cocaine gang Olympic star guilty
Olympic judo player James Waithe is found guilty of being part of a drugs gang which netted up to £1m per week.

Biker injured in paramedic crash
A motorcyclist sustains "critical" injuries in a collision with an ambulance service rapid response car in Somerset.

Government reviews turbine plan
Controversial plans to build 20 wind turbines 410ft-high in north Cornwall are to be reviewed by the Government Office for the South West.

Ruling on water price cut
A £6 reduction in water bills over the next five years in Devon and Cornwall is described as "underwhelming" but welcome.

Death crash bus driver in court
A 30-year-old bus driver from Weymouth appears in court charged with causing the death of an elderly woman in Devon.

Fall woman winched on helicopter
A 61-year-old woman is winched from a footpath and airlifted to hospital after slipping near a cliff in Cornwall.