Horsemeat: Four New Products Test Positive

Tests on four beef products sold by Birds Eye, Taco Bell and catering supplier Brakes have been found to contain horsemeat. Checks revealed contamination of Birds Eye Traditional Spaghetti Bolognese and Beef Lasagne, Taco Bell's ground beef and Brakes'...

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Pound Falls As Triple Dip Fears Fuelled

Sterling has fallen to a two-and-a-half-year low against the dollar after manufacturing figures for February revealed a fall in output. The closely watched Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' index showed a slump in activity to 47.9 - well below the 50...

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Philpott Trial Hears Secret Police Recordings

By David Crabtree, Midlands Correspondent A man accused of starting a house fire which killed his six children is alleged to have whispered to his wife: "I didn't mean to do it. On my life." Mick Philpott, 56, his wife Mairead, 31, and a third...

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Graffiti Professor Stephen Graham To Pay £28k

A university professor has been ordered to pay £28,000 worth of compensation - his life's savings - for scratching "polite" graffiti such as "very silly" on cars. Stephen Graham had mixed alcohol with medication and was dressed in his underpants and...

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Don Valley: Jessica Ennis' Track To Close

By Becky Johnson, North of England Correspondent The athletics stadium where Olympic gold medallist Jessica Ennis trains is to close. Sheffield City Council voted to go ahead with the closure of the Don Valley stadium as part of a package of cuts....

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Middle-Aged Drinking Takes Toll on 'Ladettes'

By James Matthews, Sky Correspondent The "ladette" culture of the 1980s and 90s is a key factor in the growing number of middle-aged women turning to drink, according to the founder of a support website. Lucy Rocca says women between 30 and 50...

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Pressure On First Buyers As House Prices Rise

By Nick Martin, Sky Correspondent House prices edged up month-on-month in both January and February this year, bringing good news for homeowners but adding pressure on first-time buyers. Building society Nationwide said it was cautiously optimistic...

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Defence Secretary: Cut Welfare Not Troops

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has warned he will resist further cuts to the armed forces in Chancellor George Osborne's forthcoming spending review. After Downing Street said publicly last month that the military would not be immune from further...

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Rape T-Shirt: Amazon Offered 'Hit Her' Tops

Amazon is continuing to offer T-shirts advocating domestic violence on its website - after withdrawing tops sloganed "Keep Calm And Rape". The company withdrew the rape T-shirts - sold by the Solid Gold Bomb company - from its UK site and later pulled...

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Queen's Rome Trip In Doubt Due To Illness

What Causes Gastroenteritis? Updated: 3:07pm UK, Saturday 02 March 2013 Gastroenteritis is an infection of the stomach and bowel and is very common, with about one in five people affected every year in England. The two most common causes in adults...

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