Family court reforms face opposition from judges and childrens? groups

Reforms to open up the family courts to the media are at risk of being scuppered by mounting opposition from senior judges, lawyers, children?s groups and MPs, The Times has learnt.

British teenager Sarah Calascione feared she would die after capsizing

A British teenager on a £25,000 round-the-world sailing expedition feared that she would die in the Atlantic after two days on a liferaft, buffeted by torrential rain and powerful waves.

Case for third runway at Heathrow is deeply flawed, say opponents

Opponents of Heathrow expansion take their challenge to the High Court on Tuesday, arguing that the Government?s case to build a third runway by 2020 is deeply flawed.

Bloggers are snapping up front row seats at London Fashion Week

They are ruthless, hungry and dressed to kill.

Sarah Brown and Samantha Cameron both hit the catwalk in blue

Bipartisan power-dressing came to London Fashion Week yesterday as both Sarah Brown and Samantha Cameron hit the front row ? and both in blue.

Anglican bishops back end to ban on gay civil partnerships in church

Gay couples could soon be allowed to ?marry? in church after a decision by Anglican bishops and other clergy to support a relaxation of the ban.

Charity condemns £399 test kit for condition causing blindness

A leading charity has condemned a new home-testing kit for the most common cause of blindness in Britain, warning that it should not be a substitute for regular eye checks.

Helicopter scrambled for Lake District walkers after avalanche

Four walkers were rescued from a well-known beauty spot in the Lake District yesterday, after being swept away by an avalanche. The rescue operation, involving Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team and an RAF helicopter, centred on St Sunday Crag, a fell popular with walkers at Patterdale, near Penrith.

Elderly Norfolk farmer was ?forced by daughters to change his will?

A wealthy farmer was plied with alcohol and sleeping tablets by his two daughters before they forced him to change his will, the High Court has been told.

Nanny knows best on obesity, but can the food industry curb its appetite for profit?

It is all too easy to mock governments which attempt to control our natural inclinations ? in this case eating too much of the wrong kind of food. Contemplating laws that would dictate the size of portion we order in restaurants, or which forbid us to indulge in fatty foods seem, on the surface, to be draconian, intrusive, and illiberal. As Paul McBride, for the Tories, gleefully points out, the idea of ordering SNP-approved portions of restaurant dishes is risible.

Carcass of 100-tonne fin whale washed ashore in Cornwall

The carcass of one of the giants of the seas has been washed up on a Cornish beach.

Find yourself in the writer Caroline Petherick's Cornish labyrinth

An 18m (60ft) labyrinth, said to have "magical links" to the spirit world, has been opened on the South West Coast Path in Looe, Cornwall.