Artist Kane Cunningham bags property crash bargain Knipe Point

?The urge to destroy is also a creative urge,? argued Picasso. Now a Yorkshire artist will put that theory to the test after buying a clifftop house just so that he can document its collapse into the sea.

Peter Moore freed after US hands over Iraqi insurgent

The British hostage Peter Moore was dramatically set free yesterday after the United States handed over an Iraqi insurgent suspected of planning the deaths of five American servicemen.

Shame and scandal rock the status quo . . . and Status Quo rock the honours

Politicians will go without honours after a year of turmoil at Westminster.

Innocent face postcode lottery over removal of records from DNA database

Innocent people face a postcode lottery in the way police treat requests to remove their records from the national DNA database, according to figures published today.

Oldest donkey is an ass. (She lost her birth certificate)

Rosie the donkey is set to be named the oldest of her kind in the world at the age of 54. She has lived at a pony sanctuary in Derbyshire since 2006 and is close to doubling the average lifespan of a donkey. Based on a theory that one year of a donkey?s life is equivalent to about three years of a human life, Rosie has reached the grand old age of 162.

Passengers to be scanned after details emerge about Somali bomb plot

A man was arrested last month when he attempted to board an aircraft in Somalia carrying powdered chemicals, liquid and a syringe, in a potential forerunner of the Christmas Day bomb plot.

We can smile again, say family of freed hostage Peter Moore

Peter Moore?s family reacted with jubilation last night at his release, saying that a great burden had been lifted and they could finally ?smile again?.

Hostage Peter Moore?s fate tied to that of Laith and Qais al-Khazali

The fortunes of Peter Moore and his four fellow hostages have fluctuated with the fate of two brothers, the militia commanders Laith and Qais al-Khazali.

Passengers to be scanned after details emerge about Somali bomb plot

A man was arrested last month when he attempted to board an aircraft in Somalia carrying powdered chemicals, liquid and a syringe, in a potential forerunner of the Christmas Day bomb plot.

Peter Moore went for a job ? and ended up as a hostage for 946 days

The lead kidnapper, dressed as an Iraqi police major, shouted ?Where are the foreigners?? as he led a team of gunmen, also in uniform, into the Finance Ministry building in Baghdad.

Tories can learn from Margaret Thatcher?s 1979 spending strategy

A newly victorious Conservative government faces an acute fiscal crisis and agonises about how rapidly to cut back public spending: 1979 or 2010? Newly released files from the National Archives showing the impatience of Margaret Thatcher with her ministers have inevitably been seen as a warning for David Cameron if he becomes prime minister in the spring.

Strauss family cuts their waste to just one binful a year

Like most families, the Strausses have a bin full of rubbish awaiting collection after the festive season. The difference in their case is that it contains all the refuse they have generated in an entire year.