Coastal Town Battles Rising Erosion Threat

By Emma Birchley, East of England Correspondent The coastal town of Hemsby is desperately seeking to shore up its erosion defences, three months after a tidal surge washed a number of houses into the sea. Five patches of golden sand now break up...

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Migrants 'Buying Language Test Passes For £500'

The Home Office has launched an investigation into claims that migrants who speak no English are able to buy certificates showing they have passed a supposedly "secure" language test. Secret filming at an exam centre showed the certificates - which...

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Ann Maguire Funeral: Teacher Laid To Rest

Mourners will gather in Leeds today to say farewell to Ann Maguire, the popular school teacher who died last month after she was attacked in her classroom. The funeral will take place at the Catholic Church of The Immaculate Heart of Mary, in the north...

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Binge-Drinking Parents: Calls To Helpline Rise

The number of children calling ChildLine with concerns about their parents' drinking and drug abuse has doubled in the past year, the charity has said. The NSPCC's 24-hour helpline received 5,323 calls - more than 100 a week - from children worried...

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'Too Many Hospital Patients Are Dying In Pain'

By Afua Hirsch, Social Affairs and Education Editor Too many patients in English hospitals are dying in pain and not being consulted about the end of their lives, says a new report. The Royal College of Physicians found fewer than half of all patients...

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Cameron Flies To Scotland To Fight For Union

By James Matthews, Scotland Correspondent David Cameron is flying to Scotland amid reports he and his close colleagues are unhappy with the anti-independence campaign. The Prime Minister will spend two days campaigning for a "No" vote in September's...

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Claudia Lawrence: Man Held Over Missing Chef

Missing Claudia: Timeline Of Events Updated: 4:58pm UK, Tuesday 13 May 2014 Here is Claudia Lawrence's last known movements and the investigation since her disappearance: 2009 March 18 :: 5.57am - Miss Lawrence is seen on CCTV arriving for work...

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Property Boom Leaves Many Unable To Buy

By Ed Conway, Economics Editor The proportion of English and Welsh homes selling for over £1m has more than doubled during the Great Recession, in the latest evidence of the property market boom. In London a record 7% of all home sales listed by...

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Peaches Geldof's House Raided Twice By Burglars

Peaches Geldof's house has been raided twice by burglars since her death last month. Police investigating the break-ins at her family home in Wrotham, Kent, said a lawnmower was taken in the first raid in mid-April. Thieves broke into the house during...

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Pfizer Chief Questioned Over AstraZeneca Jobs

Pfizer's chief executive is to be questioned by MPs later about the US drugs company's commitments to UK jobs as part of its £63bn takeover plan for AstraZeneca. Ian Read has questioned the British drugmaker's ability to stand alone for much longer...

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Stephen Sutton Goes Back Into Hospital

Cancer sufferer Stephen Sutton, who has raised over £3m for a cancer charity, has been readmitted to hospital. The terminally ill 19-year-old was discharged from Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital on May 2 after he made what he described as "a miraculous...

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'Horrors Of War Take Toll On UK Troops'

The number of Afghanistan veterans seeking mental health support has risen significantly, according to new figures. Charity Combat Stress said 358 ex-military personnel sought help for mental illness last year, compared with 228 in 2012. The majority...

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Stretched Nurses 'Struggling To Give Safe Care'

Patients in some NHS hospitals are receiving "unsafe and unsatisfactory" care because of staff shortages, a nursing chief has told Sky News. Elderly patients are particularly at risk of being left in discomfort and distress, according to Dr Peter Carter,...

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Gove Accused Of 'Lunacy' In Free Schools Row

Michael Gove has been accused of stripping £400m from a fund for extra school places in order to plug a financial "black hole" in his free schools programme in a move described as "nothing short of lunacy". A senior Government source also accused the...

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