Protesters say the bins blight their streets, warning council chiefs: ‘Not in my front yard.’ The issue has triggered petitions and public demonstrations, with residents in one town marching on the council offices.

A Muslim cocktail waitress who quit after refusing to wear a bright red dress for work has won almost £3,000 in compensation for sexual harassment.

Keith and Catherine are white, their son is black. The result

The father of a talented schoolboy stabbed to death after a trivial row said yesterday that the knife crime epidemic sweeping Britain had made life cheap.

Vanessa George who has worked at Little Teds nursery in Plymouth for two to three years, was arrested at her home after detectives received a tip-off.

Gordon Brown was openly challenged to stand down tonight as he faced a fiery showdown with his party’s MPs.

Peter Mandelson’s claim that Gordon Brown is doing a great job is in tatters after it was revealed he called the PM ‘insecure, self-conscious physically and emotionally, uncomfortable in his skin and angry’ in a leaked email.

An e-mail is circulating among Labour MPs encouraging Gordon Brown to step down as Prime Minister.

TV watchdogs are set to investigate the treatment of Susan Boyle on Britain’s Got Talent after a flood of complaints from viewers.