'Alarming rate' of wildlife decline

Hedgehogs are among the species struggling in the face of threats including loss of habitat and climate change

12:08am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

UK wildlife is "in trouble", with almost 2,000 species of birds, animals, insects and plants known to have declined in the past half century, experts have warned.

Food hygiene 'a postcode lottery'

Which looked at Food Standards Agency hygiene ratings in postcodes across England, Northern Ireland and Wales

12:08am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Food outlets in parts of the London borough of Bexley have the worst hygiene standards of more than 2,000 postcodes, while those in Birmingham's B35 area offer the best, according to a Which? investigation.

55 beaches meet tough new standards

The beach in Whitby, North Yorkshire, is among 55 UK beaches that have received Blue Flag awards for 2013

12:08am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

More than 50 English beaches have met tough new EU standards to receive Blue Flag awards for 2013.

102 free school proposals approved

Michael Gove said free schools are 'extremely popular' with parents

12:08am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Education Secretary Michael Gove has approved more than 100 free school applications, which will make up around 50,000 school places.

'Failures' in tax fraud crackdown

MPs have accused HM Revenue and Customs of failing to clamp down effectively on fraud and error

12:08am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Billions of pounds of taxpayers' money is being lost because of the failure of HM Revenue and Customs to clamp down effectively on fraud and error, MPs have warned.

Police force to sell unused £11m HQ

Hampshire Constabulary's former chief constable Alex Marshall was warned in 2010 that the force could not afford the bill to refurbish the site

12:08am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A police force that spent more than £11 million on a headquarters it has never used has announced it will sell the site after it has been empty for five years.

Clegg dismisses coalition break-up

Nick Clegg and David Cameron are both absolutely committed to governing in coalition through to 2015, says the Lib Dem leader

12:08am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Nick Clegg will insist that he and David Cameron are both "absolutely committed" to governing in coalition through to 2015 as he attempts to calm speculation over the future of the power-sharing deal.

Harry Potter edition fetches £150k

A first editor Harry Potter book annotated by author JK Rowling

11:48pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

A first edition of the first Harry Potter book, personally annotated by JK Rowling, has sold for £150,000 at auction.

Dame Judi proud of Bomber Boys role

Dame Judi Dench at the Bomber Command Memorial in Green Park, London

9:02pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

Dame Judi Dench has described herself as being "very proud" to be the first patron of a new campaign to preserve the Bomber Command Memorial for generations to come.

Seven UK child soldiers in Mid East

Defence Minister Andrew Robathan made the admission in a written parliamentary answer

8:55pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

Britain sent seven children to fight in Afghanistan and Iraq during a four-year period, it has emerged.






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