Frontline police officers in England and Wales are to reveal whether they will demand the right to go on strike. What is your reaction? Police are banned from taking industrial action, but members of the Police Federation have been balloted on whether they want the law changed. The vote followed...
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JUSTICE Secretary Jack Straw yesterday ordered an inquiry after a computer hard-drive containing the personal details of 5,000 prison officers in England and Wales went missing. The loss of the data by private computing...
THE Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales were greeted by a crowd of around 16,000 at the Braemar Gathering in Aberdeenshire yesterday. The Queen, who wore a peach-coloured outfit, and a kilted Philip and...
Four die, 200 flood warnings are issued - and Britain is now braced for more bad weather A boy plays in water on a flooded road near Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Any hopes of an Indian...
For the first time in generations, more people are moving to the countryside than are leaving, chicken keeping is the UK's fastest-growing hobby and for many self-sufficiency is no longer a pipe dream. Louise France meets...