Ann Salter

As the Hillsborough Inquiry continues with the role of police and police cover-ups at the forefront of the investigation, Sir Norman Bettison has tended his immediate resignation as the West Yorkshire Police Chief Constable.

Oct 24, 2012

Kevin Carroll, a founding member of the far-right English Defence league, is standing for the post of Luton's first-ever police and crime commissioner, as the candidate for the newly-created British Freedom party.

Oct 24, 2012

George Entwistle, faced an intense grilling today at the Culture and Media committee today over: allegations of sexual abuse committed by former presenter Jimmy Savile while at the BBC.

Oct 23, 2012

The Emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani has arrived in Gaza from Egypt on what is billed as a 'historic trip' by the Islamist group Hamas who have been in power since 2007.

Oct 23, 2012

An Italian court has convicted six scientists and a government official on a charge of 'multiple manslaughter' and sentenced them to six years in prison.

Oct 23, 2012

The BBC is very much under the spotlight again today, over its role in investigating the wide spread Jimmy Savile sexual abuse allegations.

Oct 23, 2012

Rosneft, Russia's state-controlled energy firm, is one step closer to becoming the world's biggest oil company after reaching a $55bn deal with BP and a group of investors.

Oct 22, 2012

Three Birmingham men, Irfan Naseer, Irfan Khalid and Ashik Ali, have all appeared at Woolwich Crown court today accused of planning a bomb campaign which prosecutors say, may have been bigger than the 7 July London attacks.

Oct 22, 2012

The editor of BBC Newsnight Peter Rippon has decided 'to step aside with immediate effect' after it emerged that a planned programme celebrating Jimmy Savile was pulled for editorial reasons from the schedule.

Oct 22, 2012

Following the violence over the weekend, that has seen two people killed and more than a dozen injured after clashes between Sunni and Shi'ite gunmen in Lebanon.

Oct 22, 2012

Police have named the 31 year old man charged over the murder of Karina Menzies on Friday in a hit and run attack as Matthew Tvrdon.

Oct 22, 2012

Christopher Halliwell has been sentenced at Bristol Crown Court today to a minimum of 25 years for the murder of Sian O'Callaghan who he sexually assaulted and stubbed to death after driving her home in his taxi last March in Swindon.

Oct 19, 2012

In a historic move, the families of four British soldiers who were killed on active duty in Iraq, have won the latest round in their fight, to sue the Ministry of Defence for negligence and inadequate equipment.

Oct 19, 2012

The critically injured three year old girl Maheen Shakoor, has sadly died, at Broomhill Hospital Chelmsford from her serious injuries suffered during the Harlow Fire, according to Essex Police.

Oct 19, 2012

Glasgow Airport has suspended all flights following an incident this morning, after a Boeing 737 Jet2 plane filled with smoke while the plane waited on the run way for take-off, carrying 189 passengers to Alicante.

Oct 19, 2012

China has sent a taskforce of 11 ships and eight aircraft today, to what it says is an undisclosed location in the East China Sea.

Oct 19, 2012

Greece's biggest general strike today has seen thousands of people take to the streets in Athens and stand alongside the two main trade unions, protesting against more planned spending cuts.

Oct 18, 2012

Following the house fire earlier this week in Harlow Essex, in which a doctor and four of her children died, an announcement has just been made by Essex police that there was "no evidence to suggest than an accelerant was used."

Oct 18, 2012

Eight crew members of the British Royal Air Force, who died on a daring mission in the final stages of Second World War in 1945, were finally laid to rest today with full military honours, almost 67 years after they died.

Oct 18, 2012

British police are to send a team of search experts on Friday to the Greek island of Kos in a fresh search for Ben Needham, the 21 month old toddler, who went missing on the holiday island 21 years ago.

Oct 18, 2012

UEFA has announced it has charged the Serbian Football Association with improper conduct, the Serbian fans with racial abuse and the English FA with failing to control players.

Oct 18, 2012

One year on since the death of the Libyan dictator colonel Gaddafi last year in his home town Sirte and a  newly released report  and footage from The Human Rights Watch organisation.

Oct 17, 2012

Shajul Islam a 26-year-old man who appeared at Westminster magistrate's Court today, charged with the kidnapping of British photographer John Cantlie in Syria, has been remanded in custody.

Oct 17, 2012

Citigroup chief executive Vikram Pandit has surprised Wall Street by resigning with immediate effect.

Oct 17, 2012

History was made at the Man Booker prize last night as Hilary Mantel became the first woman and the first British novelist, to win the prestigious Man Booker Prize twice and receive £50,000 as part of the prize. For her novel, Bring up the Bodies.

Oct 17, 2012

The Attorney General, Dominic Grieve speaking at the House of Lords today, is applying to the High court to squash the inquest of 'accidental death', into the deaths of all 96 football fans that died in the Hillsborough stadium crush in 1989.

Oct 16, 2012

Labour leader Ed Miliband said that an independent inquiry is needed to be undertaken against disgraced TV Presenter Jimmy Savile.

Oct 16, 2012

Hours before the second US presidential debate is due to take place. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke on TV saying it is her responsibility and not the White House to keep diplomats safe.

Oct 16, 2012

An undercover operation carried out by The Sunday Times, which revealed the head of The Royal British Legion Lt General Sir John Kiszely, saying he could offer to help firms lobby for arms deals.

Oct 15, 2012