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Four hurt in suspected gas blast

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:41:05 GMT

Four casualties have been taken to hospital after a suspected gas blast which destroyed a terraced house.

Rod Stewart tops UK album chart

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:05:14 GMT

Rod Stewart's first album of self-penned songs in 20 years has gone straight to the top of the UK album charts.

Philpott wife plans sentence appeal

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:10:20 GMT

A mother jailed for 17 years for killing her six children in a house fire is to appeal against the length of her sentence, her lawyer has said.

Toddler taken to morgue in body bag

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:49:08 GMT

A toddler pulled from the wreckage of a car crash that killed five family members was sent to a morgue in a body bag in the belief he was dead.

One dead, two hurt in plane crash

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:37:43 GMT

A man has died while a boy and another man are fighting for their lives after a light aircraft crashed on the approach to an airport runway.

Two 'critical' after death crash

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:33:27 GMT

Two men are critical in hospital after a car crash claimed the lives of two teenage girls.

Hunt in GP call over A&E crisis

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:21:36 GMT

Family doctors need a "closer personal relationship" with their patients as part of efforts to ease the crisis in hospital accident and emergency units, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.

Father admits killing children

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:34:52 GMT

A British father has admitted slitting the throats of his two young children in France following a difficult divorce, sources said.

Rooney to miss game as baby is due

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:40:20 GMT

Wayne Rooney will miss Manchester United's final game of the season as wife Coleen is due to give birth to the couple's second child.

MPs in line for dramatic pay rise

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:22:29 GMT

MPs are in line for a dramatic pay rise of up to £20,000 in a move that could spark public fury.

Cameron hints at going it alone

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:38:27 GMT

David Cameron has hinted that he could attempt to govern without the Liberal Democrats if disputes within the coalition made it impossible to continue.

Murder investigation after shooting

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:44:16 GMT

A murder investigation has been launched following the shooting of a man on Saturday night, police said.

£6m cost of Olympic Torch relay

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:47:57 GMT

England's largest local councils spent more than £6 million hosting the Olympic Torch for last year's Games, figures published on the one-year anniversary of the start of the relay show.

Queen to get garden festival look

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:33:29 GMT

One hundred years of glorious gardens will be celebrated when the world's most famous flower show throws its doors open this week.

Activists attack PM on gay marriage

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:18:13 GMT

Tory activists have attacked David Cameron's support for gay marriage, claiming it had made winning the next general election "virtually impossible".

Crohn's patients slam hospital food

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:13:09 GMT

Half of hospitalised Crohn's disease patients believe their recovery was hampered because of poor hospital food, a poll suggests.

One in 10 'fell asleep at wheel'

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:13:05 GMT

More than three million British drivers have fallen asleep behind the wheel in the last year, according to new research.

Miliband pledges tax crackdown

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:36:18 GMT

Labour leader Ed Miliband will write new rules to tackle corporate tax dodgers if he wins the next election, even if there is no international consensus for action.

Call to stop demonising bankers

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:35:47 GMT

Sir Mervyn King has called for an end to bankers being "demonised" for their role in the financial crash, insisting the problem was with the system rather than individuals.

Cameron 'losing control' of party

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:09:56 GMT

Former foreign secretary Lord Geoffrey Howe has claimed David Cameron is losing control of his party as the Conservatives' "long, nervous breakdown" over Europe continues.