More than 30 "run-down and poorly-located" jails should be shut and replaced with super-prisons holding up to 3,000 inmates, a former prison governor and deputy director at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said.Read
David Cameron is welcoming the leaders of the world's most powerful countries to Northern Ireland for a G8 summit set to be dominated by international division over the civil war in Syria.Read
GCHQ - Britain's electronic eavesdropping agency - mounted an intensive spying operation on foreign politicians attending two G20 summit meetings in London in 2009, it has been reported.Read
The company in charge of a fleet of amphibious tour buses is working "closely" with investigators after one of its vessels sank with 33 people on board having to swim to safety or be rescued.Read
Ecuador's foreign minister has visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange inside the embassy where the Australian has been staying for the past year.Read
A police officer who was stabbed in the chest and stomach managed to arrest a mosque knifeman who had attacked three worshippers and shrugged off being hit by a Taser.Read
Five passengers from the plane which made an emergency landing in Scotland following security fears are now claiming asylum in the UK, Police Scotland have confirmed.Read
Ousted boss Stephen Hester has warned it could take up to a decade for the taxpayer to be repaid its £45 billion stake in bailed-out Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).Read
A police officer stabbed in a mosque by a man brandishing a large combat knife has been praised for his "heroic" actions as he helped arrest the knifeman despite his injuries.Read
Senior Liberal Democrat peer Lord Rennard has been interviewed by police under caution over allegations he sexually harassed women party activists.Read
An attack at a mosque in which three men and a police officer were stabbed is thought to have happened after one worshipper turned on others, MP Liam Byrne has said.Read
At least 24 people have been killed and dozens more were wounded after 10 apparently co-ordinated car bombings and a shooting took place across Iraq.Read
Welfare for the wealthy must be tackled before the Government can cut benefits for the poorest, Nick Clegg has said, 10 days before post-election spending plans are unveiled.Read