Two Network Rail workers fall to deaths at Forth and Tay bridges

Two workers have fallen to their deaths from Scottish railway bridges within hours of each other.

Tough questions Tony Blair should answer at the Chilcot Inquiry

The decision to wage war is one peculiarly within the personal remit of the Prime Minister. Tony Blair?s attendance at the Chilcot Inquiry, therefore, is hugely significant on a number of levels. Primarily he has to be asked direct questions about his personal thought processes and determinations. It is this core responsibility that the British public requires to be probed as an essential aspect of accountability so sorely lacking to date. This obligation is all the more pressing when juxtaposed with the clear evidence from government lawyers this week about ignored or rejected advice, and a lamentable lack of transparency.

Divorce rate falls to a 33-year low

The number of marriages ending in divorce has dropped for the fifth year in a row to a 33-year low.

Fall of Andrew Wakefield, ?dishonest? doctor who started MMR scare

The doctor who sparked a worldwide panic over the MMR vaccine could be struck off after being found guilty yesterday of a series of misconduct charges related to his ?unethical? research.

Mistakes? I made a few: contrite Tony Blair expected to admit ?errors of execution?

Tony Blair is expected today to confess that he made significant mistakes in both the build up to the Iraq war and its aftermath ? while still insisting that the overall policy was right.

British geographers find uncharted glaciers in Albania

A team of British geographers has discovered a group of previously uncharted glaciers in an inhospitable European mountain range.

Sorry, madam, even your best pyjamas put off our customers

Elaine Carmody had chosen her ?best ones? in which to do the shopping. But not even this was enough to prevent the mother of two from falling foul of the new dress code at a branch of Tesco in South Wales.

Inner circle fearful of lasting damage on ?judgment day? for Tony Blair

Tony Blair knows that today will probably be the last time he truly commands the national stage.

Church Commissioners defend losses and investing in Vedanta

How the Church Commissioners must wish that St Matthew had never reported in his Gospel the words of Jesus of Nazareth: ?Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.? As it is the Church does not have a prayer.

'Iraq inquiry won?t bring my son back'

'Iraq inquiry won?t bring my son back but it may say Blair was wrong'

Florence Nightingale?s Imperial Chinese vase turns up in Dorset

A Chinese vase used as an umbrella stand has turned out to be worth up to £500,000, despite being cracked and splashed with paint.

Dubai drops illegal sex charge against woman who claimed rape

A British woman who was jailed in Dubai and charged with having sex outside marriage after claiming that she had been raped while on holiday in the Gulf state has seen both charges dropped.