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Moat TV coverage 'cannot be right'

Chief Constable Peter Fahy questions TV coverage of the last hours of Raoul Moat

12:01pm Saturday 4th September 2010

A chief constable has questioned the decision by broadcasters to beam live TV coverage of the last hours of gunman Raoul Moat, saying: "It cannot be right."

Fresh legal bid over Kelly's death

A fresh legal bid to force an inquest into the death of David Kelly is to be launched

11:43am Saturday 4th September 2010

A fresh legal bid to force an inquest into the death of Government scientist David Kelly is to be launched within the next few days, it has been disclosed.

Duke's portraits of Queen revealed

The Duke of Edinburgh's work entitled The Queen at Breakfast (Royal Collection/PA Wire)

11:08am Saturday 4th September 2010

Pictures painted by the Duke of Edinburgh, including portraits of the Queen in intimate surroundings, are being published in a book.

Shoes and eggs thrown at Blair

Tony Blair appears on The Late Show at RTE TV studios in Dublin

10:52am Saturday 4th September 2010

Shoes and eggs have been pelted at Tony Blair as he attended his first book signing in the Irish Republic.

Six million facing tax bill shock

HM Revenue and Customs will inform nearly six million people of tax errors in the coming months

8:56am Saturday 4th September 2010

Nearly six million people will be informed over the coming months that they have paid the wrong amount of tax, with about 1.4 million facing demands for more payments, it has been revealed.

Briton among plane crash victims

Nine people have died after a light aircraft crashed on New Zealand's South Island

7:40am Saturday 4th September 2010

A British man is among nine people who died after a light aircraft crashed and burst into flames in New Zealand, local police have said.

Police defend phone-tapping probe

Alan Johnson says there 'may be a case' for a review into News of the World phone-hacking scandal

3:18am Saturday 4th September 2010

The Metropolitan Police has defended its handling of phone-hacking allegations after former home secretary Alan Johnson suggested an independent investigation.

Leave Hague alone, media warned

A Government minister has warned the media to back off William Hague after a turbulent week for the Foreign Secretary

3:04am Saturday 4th September 2010

A long-standing friend and political colleague of William Hague called on the press to "back off", branding coverage of the Foreign Secretary's personal life "contemptible".

Pakistan cricketers freed by police

Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt

3:04am Saturday 4th September 2010

The three Pakistan cricketers at the centre of match-fixing allegations were released without charge after being questioned under caution by police.

Bishop condemns trafficking stance

Dr John Sentamu criticised the Government's decision to stay out of a new draft EU directive on human trafficking

2:23am Saturday 4th September 2010

The Archbishop of York has called the Government's decision to stay out of a new draft EU directive on human trafficking "seriously flawed".


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