Iran crackdown intensifies with new arrests

Sister of Nobel prize winner among 18 arrested as Iran summoned the British ambassador in Tehran over unrest

Van still 'the man' with third child at 64

Van Morrison has baby boy George Ivan Morrison III with his manager Gigi Lee as he nears pensionable age

China executes 'mentally ill' Briton

Akmal Shaikh, a former taxi service manager, killed despite last minute appeals for mercy by British Government

Avatar takings hit $600m in ten days

James Cameron’s movie heads the list of blockbusters to generate the most lucrative ever take over the festive period

Icy blast brings warning of trouble on roads

Cold disrupts water supply in Northern Ireland as heavy snow and sub-zero temperatures are expected in England and Wales

I’m the first of many, warns airline ‘bomber’

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab says more attacks are being planned as an al-Qaeda offshoot in Yemen claims it was behind plot

Soldier killed on patrol in Afghanistan

The soldier, serving with 3rd Battalion, The Rifles, was killed in an explosion in the Kajaki area of Helmand province

Briton told he will be executed within hours

Notification of death coincided with first visit from relatives since Akmal Shaikh was arrested in China two years ago

Missing British skier: body found

The body of a man has been discovered near a chair lift in a Swiss ski resort where a British skier went missing last week

Is this the end of the movie star?

Which studio executive, having seen the triumph of Avatar, would consider the $20 million-plus needed to secure big stars

Private schools hindered by Whitehall rules

Endless government regulation and a tick-box culture is diverting teachers away from education, says top head teacher

British Army ‘is becoming top heavy’

Figures show the number of generals and brigadiers in a shrinking Army has risen since Labour came to power in 1997

Orwell birthplace saved from being animal farm

The authorities in the impoverished state of Bihar aim to turn the writer’s dilapidated home into a tourist attraction

Catrine goes throught the mill for TV cash

Catrine, a run-down former mill town in Ayrshire, is a contender for a television show that could bring in hundreds of thousands of pounds in...

Glasgow Airport ‘not affected’ by airline collapse

Collapse of Flyglobespan will not hit passenger numbers, claims Glasgow Airport as it unveils expansion plans

Plan to shut MPs' public-funded websites axed

A Commons commission agrees to continue a controversial £10,000-a-year grant criticised as 'a gigantic waste of money'

Caravan cinema keeps shows on the road

A former estate agent from Gloucestershire has created a mobile cinema inside a five-berth caravan to screen vintage movies

How campaigners raise funds to save lives

The status of Manchester's Christie Hospital owes much to fundraisers - as does the creation of Evelina Children’s Hospital