Tributes have been paid to a London primary school teacher who is feared dead after going missing in Doha, the Qatari capital. Ms Patterson, who was working at the Newton British School in Doha, disappeared on Saturday morning. Police in...

The man who features in the e-fits that were released by UK police investigating the disappearance of Madeline McCann was apparently seen carrying a child towards the beach on the night she vanished. The e-fits of the same man have...

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said the inquiry into  Jimmy Savile’s supposed sexual abuse of patients at NHS Hospitals has been expanded to include other hospitals. The investigation currently focuses on Broadmoor, Stoke Mandeville and Leeds General Hospitals, as well...

The body overseeing the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was established to enforce the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention. The OPCW recently sent inspectors to...

A printing error led to a chunk of Sir David Jason’s memoirs ending up in early copies of the new Bridget Jones book. Around 40 pages of Sir David’s My Life were printed in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,...

A man who assaulted, raped and held a woman prisoner after she had been kidnapped from Slovakia and trafficked to Lancashire has been jailed. To avoid his deportation from the UK to Pakistan, Azam Khan ‘bought’ the woman and married...

The advertising standards authority has said an advert featuring Robin Thicke performing Blurred Lines must not be shown before 7.30pm as it is too sexual. The advert for Beats Pill speakers, which features skimply dressed women, received 97 complaints. The complaints said...

Two muslim schoolboys have been sent home from their school after refusing to shave off their beards. The boys, who attend Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School in Accrington, have refused to shave as they believe it is part of...