Road verge management questioned

A charity is calling for councils to manage the almost 600,000 acres of roadside verges around the country to help protect native flowers

12:03am Sunday 26th May 2013

Wildflower-rich roadside verges around the country are being destroyed by local councils mowing them when they are in full bloom, experts have warned.

PM launches anti-terror task force

David Cameron is launching a new Cabinet level terror task force

10:45pm Saturday 25th May 2013

David Cameron is launching a new terror task force to crack down on extremism in the wake of the horrific murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, Downing Street has confirmed.

Tories look at limiting GP visits

Limiting the number of times patients can visit their family doctor is one of a number of suggestions the Tories have copnsidered

10:18pm Saturday 25th May 2013

Conservatives have considered limiting the number of times patients can visit their family doctor in a year, it has emerged.

Fatal stand fall 'tragic accident'

A 21-year-old man fell to his death from a stand at York racecourse

8:46pm Saturday 25th May 2013

Police are treating the death of a 21-year-old man who fell from a stand at York racecourse as a tragic accident.

Murder sparks anti-Muslim backlash

A member of the mosque in Gillingham, Kent, boards up a smashed window after an attack

7:11pm Saturday 25th May 2013

The murder of soldier Lee Rigby has prompted a huge increase in reported attacks against Muslims, an anti-extremist organisation has said.

Fatal tiger attack failings probed

A zoo worker mauled by a tiger at South Lakes Wild Animal Park in Cumbria has died

5:46pm Saturday 25th May 2013

A woman mauled to death by a tiger in a wildlife park may have died due to "human or technical" failure.

48 rescued as boat runs aground

Dozens of people have been rescued from a passenger boat after it hit a rock on a Welsh island

4:49pm Saturday 25th May 2013

Forty eight people have been rescued from a passenger boat after it hit a rock on a Welsh island, coastguards have said.

The Saturdays light up Big Weekend

The Saturdays perform at Radio One's Big Weekend in Londonderry

3:16pm Saturday 25th May 2013

The Saturdays have lit up the stage at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Northern Ireland.

Father's hope for missing daughter

Kate McCann prepares to start the Miles for Missing People 10k run, to help a charity that supports people with missing family members

2:09pm Saturday 25th May 2013

The father of missing chef Claudia Lawrence, who vanished in March 2009, said the recent discovery of three women who went missing 10 years ago in the US has given him hope that his daughter will be found.

Joyriders crash double-decker bus

British Transport Police are investigating after a bus stolen from Ramsgate station was crashed

2:05pm Saturday 25th May 2013

Joyriders have crashed a double-decker bus into a garden wall, some parked cars and a lamppost after it was stolen from a railway station.



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