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Price speeding charge is dismissed

Katie Price will face trial for an alleged speeding offence

5:34pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

The case against glamour model Katie Price for an alleged speeding offence has been dropped in her absence due to a legal technicality.

More misery for train passengers

Virgin Trains said services into Euston had been halted

5:34pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

Passengers have suffered a sixth successive day of travel chaos on a main London to Scotland railway line on which a £9 billion upgrade has just been completed.

Woman jailed over toddler death

A woman has been jailed for seven years after killing Finlay Woods in a crash in London.

5:34pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

A woman was jailed for seven years for crushing a 15-month-old toddler under the wheels of her car.

Pensioner guilty of harassing Shaw

Martin Shaw's alleged stalker said she 'wanted to help'

5:34pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

An "unhinged" 66-year-old woman has been convicted of harassing television actor Martin Shaw after pouring petrol through the letterbox of his girlfriend.

Parents appeal after arson death

Kieron Bimpson, Eleanor Skelhorne and their son Kieron hold a picture of their daughter Francesca

5:34pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

A couple whose three-year-old daughter was murdered in an horrific arson attack have made a tearful plea for help to catch her killer.

Clothing firm enters administration

Clothing firm Viyella is facing administration, unions have said

5:34pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

Women's clothing firm Viyella, which dates back to 1784, has become the latest well-established retail firm to call in administrators.

Big freeze worsens to new low

A woman exercises her dogs on the frozen sea in Poole Harbour

5:34pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

Britain's cold snap has plunged to shivering new lows as forecasters warned that freezing fog would bring chaos on the roads.

Barclays to axe 400 IT jobs

Barclays is to axe 400 jobs in IT departments after a review of its operations

5:34pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

Banking giant Barclays is to axe 400 jobs in its IT departments after a review of its operations, it was announced.

M&S shuts shops and cuts jobs

Ailing high street giant Marks and Spencer has announced 450 job losses

5:34pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

Marks & Spencer unveiled a swathe of store closures and more than 1,200 job cuts in the wake of its worst trading for almost a decade.

Warning over Gaza reprisals in UK

Sir Alan Sugar is revealed as a "target for extremists"

5:34pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

High-profile British Jews were warned to review their security amid fears of reprisal attacks as bloody violence continues in Gaza.


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