Supermarkets prepare for Christmas price war

Analysts say that falling food price inflation will give supermarkets a ‘war chest’ to allow them to cut back their prices

Post-Modernism children's stories take prizes

Story-telling for children has taken a new direction and been praised by a former Poet Laureate at the Roald Dahl Funny Prize

More sad homecomings in Wootton Bassett

Even amid the outpouring of emotion in the town, it was possible to sense support for action in Afghanistan ebbing away

The big four are at full strength

It is the first time since the credit crunch struck last autumn that the major retailers are back to their optimum levels

Luella’s fashion business unravels

The young British designer has become the latest fashion casualty of the recession despite adulation and celebrity fans

Police to handle minor charges, says CPS

The Crown Prosecution Service is turning the clock back under proposals for police to handle offences to be tried by magistrates

Few laughs left in children’s books

Funny books rarely win prizes in the lucrative world of children’s literature, but the young respond best to humour

Supermarkets makey ou buy what you don’t need

The thinking behind a price war is to try to persuade customers to part with cash for something they didn’t go in to buy

Children a bruising experience for Ofsted

Opposition MPs are considering if the regulator should be stripped of its role and an independent inspectorate established

Poppy cash theft couple are caught on camera

Police have released closed-circuit television images of a couple stealing a collection tin and putting it in a pram

Britain at risk from neo-Nazi 'lone wolves'

The country's leading anti-terrorism officer says more resources are being targeted against right-wing extremists acting alone

Lottery winners thought call meant redundancy

The 'Magnificent Seven' syndicate of Hewlett & Packard workers tell of their plans to spend their good fortune

Grieving mother accepts Brown's apology

Jacqui Janes says she was not manipulated into attacking the Prime Minister - she just wanted him to say sorry

Modern Warfare 2 on course to sell $500m

First day sales of new video game set to be 40% above previous record, but controversy persists over its use of violence

Swine flu returns as winter infections rise

Cases have begun to increase after declining from the peak of the pandemic in July as figures show burden on hospital beds

Most hospital 'superbug' deaths unreported

Despite improvements over MRSA and C. diff infections, 80 per cent of hospital superbugs not subject to mandatory reporting

Poliakoff criticises 'Kafkaesque' BBC

Dramatist accuses the public broadcaster of losing its nerve after phone-in scandals and Jonathan Ross prank calls row

Caribbean dream of Welsh EuroMillions winners

Middle aged couple from Caerleon, near Newport, say they will buy a new car with their £45.5 million winnings