Cross-dressing spy 'embarrassed' UK

Lieutenant Colonel Dudley Clarke photographed by Spanish police dressed as a man and as a woman (National Archives/PA)

12:05am Thursday 23rd May 2013

Spies might be supposed to be masters of disguise, but a British intelligence officer caused embarrassment to his political masters through his penchant for dressing up, according to official papers made public on Thursday.

Call for compulsory sex education

A pressure group says sex and relationships education should be compulsory in secondary schools

12:05am Thursday 23rd May 2013

Sex and relationships education should be compulsory in secondary schools as ministers are failing to take action to protect children and women, a damning report has claimed.

Police commissioner scrutiny urged

MPs have accused Theresa May of being 'keen to distance herself from any responsibility to assess the performance of the PCCs'

12:05am Thursday 23rd May 2013

Stronger scrutiny is required of elected police commissioners to prevent "maverick decision making", a damning report by MPs has warned.

Two arrested after mosque attacks

English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson, left, with EDL supporters outside The Queens Arms pub in Woolwich

11:20pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Two men have been arrested after separate attacks on mosques following the terrorist incident in Woolwich.

Woman 'confronted Woolwich pair'

Police activity close to the scene where a man was murdered in John Wilson Street, Woolwich, south east London

10:42pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A mother confronted the Woolwich attackers, asking them to hand over their weapons and warning them: "It is only you versus many people, you are going to lose", it has been reported.

Boy, two, attacked by family dog

Cumbria Police said the dog was placed in kennels pending a joint investigation with social services

10:04pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A two-year-old boy was badly hurt when he was attacked by the family dog, police said.

It's an eye for an eye - attacker

Police activity near a crashed car, rear, with a broken windscreen close to the scene where a man was murdered in John Wilson Street, Woolwich

8:34pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Shocking footage has emerged of one of the Woolwich attackers, heavily bloodied and saying: "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."

'Crazed' attackers 'hacked victim'

Police activity close to the scene where a man was murdered in John Wilson Street, Woolwich, south east London

8:11pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Eyewitnesses have described seeing the "crazed" Woolwich attackers "hacking" at their victim and posing for pictures before charging at police wielding meat cleavers.

UK 'will never buckle over terror'

Prime Minister David Cameron said 'there are strong indications that it is a terrorist incident'

7:59pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Britain will "never buckle" in the face of terrorist incidents, David Cameron vowed, as he condemned the "absolutely sickening" killing of a man in a street in London.

Tandem couple killer drive jailed

Nicky Lovell has been jailed for 10 years and six months (Avon and Somerset Police/PA)

7:54pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Relatives of a "perfect couple" killed by a disqualified driver fleeing police have called for tougher sentences for motorists who kill.






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