Rail chaos 'due to rushed work'
Major disruption on a major rail line was caused because of a "rush" to upgrade the route, it is claimed.

Toddler crash death driver jailed
A woman who killed a 15-month-old boy when her car crushed his pushchair is jailed for seven years.

Woman guilty of harassing TV star
A 66-year-old woman from Norfolk is found guilty of harassing television star Martin Shaw.

Appeal over toddler's arson death
The parents of a three-year-old who died after an arson attack on her family's home in Liverpool make an appeal to catch her killers.

Muslim worker sues bank for £16m
A bank manager sues HBOS for £16m after claiming two ex-senior staff members harassed her and made sexist comments, a preliminary hearing at a tribunal is told.

Schools remain closed amid freeze
Temperatures plunge to -12C in Oxfordshire on the coldest night so far of the big freeze hitting the country.

'Lapland event' refunds tickets
People who paid £25 each to get into a cancelled Lapland-style attraction are given their money back.

Christ removed from church after scaring people away
A sculpture of Christ is removed from outside a church in West Sussex after its vicar said it was "scaring young children".

Anti-royalist's embarrassment at African queen title
An anti-royalist British grandmother says she feels "rather embarrassed" about becoming queen of an African tribe for her charity work.

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England captain Pietersen resigns
Kevin Pietersen resigns from his position as England captain and will be succeeded by Andrew Strauss, as coach Peter Moores is sacked.

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Strauss to lead West Indies tour
Andrew Strauss to captain England for the forthcoming West Indies tour after Kevin Pietersen's shock resignation.

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Derby shock Man Utd in cup semi
Kris Commons' fierce strike gives Derby County a shock win in the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final against Manchester United.

Rude road names
Is a council right to ban "inappropriate" street names?

Running late
Is West Coast route the new misery line?

Wind of change
Inventor lights up Glastonbury Tor by using the elements

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Police recapture escaped prisoner
Armed police officers recapture an armed robber who spent more than three weeks on the run, police confirms.

Listing for 'unique' airship shed
A giant airship hanger in Hampshire used during World War I is protected with Grade-II listing status.

Green parking plan to be widened
A London council announces plans to extend a scheme that charges the most polluting vehicles more to park.

Big chill causes road accidents
Freezing temperatures and icy roads cause "treacherous" driving conditions across Hampshire.

Dover Strait World Heritage bid
The Strait of Dover could join the Great Barrier Reef as a World Heritage Site if a joint bid by Eurotunnel and officials in France is successful.

Police force is most gay-friendly
Hampshire Constabulary is the country's most gay-friendly public sector employer, according to an annual study.

M1 re-opens following car blaze
A stretch of the M1 in Northamptonshire re-opens after it was closed in both directions because of a fire in a car.

Dalmatian gives birth to 18 pups
A Dalmatian dog that is related to a star of the Disney film 102 Dalmatians gives birth to 18 puppies.

Body found in litter tunnel maze
A specialist search and recovery team finds the body of a man in a maze of litter he hoarded at his Buckinghamshire home.

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New Donington waits for approval
Plans to revamp Donington Park, the new home of the British Grand Prix from 2010, will be considered at a planning meeting on Thursday.

Job losses as wholesaler closes
A Norfolk fruit and vegetable wholesaler announces it is to close, with the loss of more than 40 jobs.

Light fittings cause school alert
A middle school in Suffolk is evacuated after reports of a smell of burning in the building.

Police officer admits sex attack
A retired police sergeant is placed on the sex offenders register after admitting sexually assaulting a former colleague.

Family 'wanted to help' siege man
The family of a man who died in an armed siege in Sheffield flat say they should have been given the chance to him.

Sliced meat firm axing 300 jobs
A national food company that produces pork and sliced meat products is to close its Wirral base with a loss of 300 jobs.

Body find in missing woman hunt
Police searching for an elderly woman from Stockport who was last seen on Boxing Day find a body.

Police placed in all city schools
Every secondary school in Leeds is to get a dedicated police officer in the biggest scheme of its kind outside London.

Patient found with fatal injuries
Investigations are under way into how an elderly cancer patient ended up injured and dying in hospital grounds.

Gunman in apartment block siege
A siege is under way at an apartment block in Devon following reports that a man, believed to be armed with a gun, had been making threats.

M5 shut as transporter overturns
The M5 near Bristol is closed southbound after a car transporter overturns.

Airbus fined over Concorde death
Airbus is fined £200,000 after admitting its failure to make the Concorde Museum near Bristol safe.

Hospital wards hit by norovirus
Two wards at Weston General Hospital in Somerset are closed after an outbreak of highly-infectious norovirus.

Police apologise over body mix-up
Police apologise for mixing up the identities of two women who died at a Plymouth nursing home on the same day.

Stone quarry 'forced' to expand
A quarrying company says it will be forced to start extracting stone from a protected area of Dorset coast despite opposition.