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Two people were arrested following a "laser attack" on a helicopter, police said today.

A female deputy head of a special school had sex with one of her pupils four times in the toilets of the British Library, a court heard today.

Blue comic Roy "Chubby" Brown hit a 21-year-old woman in the face during a foul-mouthed dispute in a supermarket car park, a court heard today.

The father of a five-year-old British boy held captive in Pakistan has returned to the UK, sources said today.

The Prime Minister insisted again today that all urgent operational requests for equipment for troops fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq had been met.

A bout of election fever at Westminster today, after confirmation that the Budget will be on March 24, making May 6 even more of a certainty as the general election date.

Police were digging up a patio in the garden of a cancer sufferer today after receiving information that a body could be buried beneath.

A 6 May general election is "practically inevitable" and a "no-brainer", political commentators said today as Gordon Brown confirmed 24 March as Budget day.

London's reputation as the divorce payout capital of the world was reinforced by the Supreme Court today.

The Prime Minister today announced a pay freeze for thousands of senior civil servants, NHS managers, judiciary and military top brass under moves aimed at saving £3 billion over the next three years.

Two British plane spotters were back home today after avoiding a 10-year sentence in an Indian jail on spying charges.

Blue comedian Roy Chubby Brown will go on trial today over an alleged assault on a woman in a car park.

Details of a possible multibillion-pound high-speed rail line, featuring 250mph trains, will be announced tomorrow by the Government.

The driving test should include compulsory questions about level crossings, a rail chief said today.

London Mayor Boris Johnson said today he is considering legal action over a key funding ruling that threatens to derail Underground improvement plans.

Gordon Brown today used a speech to a City audience to set the stage for a May 6 general election, announcing that the Budget would be held in "two weeks' time" - taking it to March 24.

Gordon Brown today used a speech to a City audience to set the stage for a May 6 general election, announcing that the Budget would be held in "two weeks' time" - taking it to March 24.

Gordon Brown declared today that he had the "character" to lead Britain through to economic recovery as he warned that "ideologically-driven" Tory plans for cuts risked tipping it back into recession.

The Budget will take place in two weeks, Gordon Brown confirmed today as he made a key speech pledging to pull the economy through the "storm" of recession.

Gordon Brown will warn today that there are still "substantial risks" facing the economic recovery as he urges the country to hold its nerve.