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Town meets 100th repatriation

The bodies of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan have passed through the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett marking the 100th repatriation. Army bomb disposal expert Cpl Loren Marlton-Thomas, 28, from Essex was killed by an...

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Northbound trains hit by floods

The Whitesands area has flooded with further problems expected at high tide Heavy rain and flooding are causing major problems in south west Scotland. Almost 30 roads have been closed across Dumfries and Galloway with flood...

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Man in court over Gerrard robbery

A man has appeared in court charged over a robbery at the home of Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard. Gerrard's wife Alex Curran, 27, was confronted by four masked raiders at the couple's mansion in Formby, Merseyside, in...

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102 more jobs go at off-licences

A further 20 off-licences owned by the First Quench group are to close across Wales. It is part of plans to shut 381 stores across Britain, after the company went into administration at the beginning of November. The stores...

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Wave energy machine on

The wave-powered generator is a hinged flap connected to the sea-bed A major wave energy device sited off Orkney has been switched on by First Minister Alex Salmond. The move saw Aquamarine Power's 'Oyster' being connected to...

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Drug resistant swine flu probed

Health officials in Cardiff are investigating the possible person-to-person spread of a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu. The strain has infected a small number of patients at the University Hospital Wales, all of whom...

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£5bn town centre scheme approved

The development would cost half as much as the 2012 Olympics A £5bn plan to create a new town centre in north-west London has been approved by councillors despite opposition over traffic issues and a waste plant. The proposals...

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In pictures: Real Cardiff

The changing face of Real Cardiff 20 Nov 09 | Arts & Culture The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While...

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Flood victim PC Bill Barker died doing what he loved: helping others

As the people of Cumbria began a massive clean-up operation last night, many were struggling to come to terms with the loss of a respected community policeman who was swept away in swollen flood waters as he went to the aid of...

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Man guilty of ice-scrape carjack

A man who carjacked a mother of four leaving her fighting for her life has been found guilty of deliberately running her over. Caroline Johnson was scraping ice from her windscreen in Langley, Slough, Berkshire, in December...

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