National Grid fires up two power stations to avoid blackouts on coldest night of the year

Emergency coal-fired power stations to be used to avoid blackouts on coldest night of the year

Two more Wetherspoons pubs are closing down

Two more Wetherspoons close as 34 remain at risk of shutting down - is your local on the list?

Eddie Izzard now goes by Suzy

'I'm going to be Suzy': Eddie Izzard announces new name that 'she has wanted to use since the age of 10'

Madelene McCann (l) Julia Wandelt (r) and with Fia Johansson (inset)

Woman who believes she may be Madeleine McCann taken to America after receiving death threats online

Tickets for the final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool have sold out

Ticketmaster 'crashes' as Eurovision fans scramble to get seats for Liverpool shows

A child died in the fire at the flat in Barking, east London

Boy, 11, dies after fire at flat in Barking as four people taken to hospital

Staff and students can no longer have 'intimate relationships' at Oxford

Oxford University lecturers and tutors no longer allowed to have ‘intimate relationships’ with students

Arthur Hawrylewicz was found guilty of attempted murder

Drunk Tube passenger who tried to throw a Notting Hill carnival-goer under a train faces jail for attempted murder

Albina Yevko, 14, has been identified and her mother paid tribute today

Pictured: Ukrainian schoolgirl, 14, who fled war-torn homeland found on Devon beach

The mother of Nicola Payne has died

Tragedy as mum of Nicola Payne, who went missing 31 years ago, dies before her daughter's mystery is solved

TV extra arrested (l) after car crash killed three (top r and bottom r)

TV extra arrested for breach of the peace at scene of horror crash that left three dead for two days

Thomas Cashman, 34, of West Derby, is on trial at Manchester Crown Court accused of Olivia's murder

'Stay with me baby': Court hears moment mother of Olivia Pratt-Korbel, 9, realised her daughter had been shot

Questions have been raised over why it took police so long to find the crash scene. Eve Smith, Darcy Ross and Rafel Jeanne-Active died in the crash

Police slammed for taking 48 hours to find car crash - as survivor’s mum says victim lay beside dead friends for two days
Changes to GP rules could mean the end of the 8am scramble

No more 8am appointment scramble: Now GPs have to give patients a slot or refer them elsewhere the first time they call

Greggs is planning to open 150 branches this year after a surge in sales during the cost of living squeeze

Greggs plans to open 150 new UK stores this year as sales surge with more people buying low-cost meals

Britain wants to buy its own set of spy balloons

Britain considers buying its own spy balloons as interest grows after Chinese device flies over US

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Charles Bronson's son has insisted his father is a reformed character

Charles Bronson’s son says his dad 'has kept his nose clean' for the last 8 years and 'he wants a chance at freedom’

Snow is set to hit London tomorrow

London to get snow this week, says Met Office, as Arctic blast makes Brits shiver in freezing temperatures