Price speeding charge is dismissed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.