The Independent
UK vow on military ties with France
Defence Secretary Liam Fox promised "closer co-operation" with the French today as military budgets face being squeezed on both sides of the Channel.

G20-death pathologist suspended
The pathologist who carried out the first post-mortem examination on newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson, who died at the G20 protest, was suspended from the medical register for three months today.


Misery as council slashes 1,500 jobs
Union leaders warned today that plans by a county council to axe 1,500 jobs over the next three years because of cuts in Government funds will pile "misery" into a recession-hit region.

Police chief warns of job cuts crime rise
Crime could rise if hundreds of police jobs are axed under controversial Government budget cuts, a chief constable warned today.


Top psychiatrist struck off for bedding 'vulnerable' patients
A Harley Street psychiatrist who had improper sexual relationships with vulnerable female patients was today ordered to be struck off the medical register.


1,500 council jobs to go
Mother charged with toddler's murder
A mother who carried the lifeless body of her two-year-old son into a police station was charged with murder today.


HSBC to stock £5 notes in cash machines
One of the UK's biggest banks today announced plans to stock £5 notes in nearly 400 of its cash machines.


White British school children 'worst hit' by poverty
Poverty has a far greater influence on the performance of white British pupils at school than any other ethnic group, according to research published today.


'Big drop' in alcohol consumption
Alcohol consumption dropped in the UK at the sharpest rate for 60 years, according to industry figures yesterday.

'Big drop' in alcohol consumption
Alcohol consumption dropped in the UK at the sharpest rate for 60 years, according to industry figures yesterday.


Nadir finally arrives at Old Bailey to face judge
Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir arrived at the Old Bailey today to face a judge for the first time since fleeing Britain 17 years ago.


Senior Tories pile pressure on Hague over 'foolishness'
William Hague faced fresh questions about his judgement yesterday as he made his first public appearance since the resignation of his special adviser over "untrue and malicious" rumours of a gay relationship between the two men.


Sally Bercow attacks William Hague's 'duff PR advice'
The wife of Commons Speaker John Bercow criticised William Hague today for detailing his wife's miscarriages in his statement denying a gay relationship with an aide.




