Arrests made over Pakistan mosque attacks

Police have arrested seven men over alleged links to the Taleban militants who attacked two mosques in eastern Pakistan on Friday, killing 93 people, including a British businessman.

Women may get vaccine to protect against breast cancer

A vaccine designed to protect against breast cancer is expected to be tested on women within the next two years.

British father and son die during practice flight Menorca air competition

A British man and his son were killed when their light aircraft crashed as they practised for a race in Spain. Bruce Hook, 63, and his son Ian, 26, had just taken off when their plane crashed and exploded.

Coalition wobbles in bid to keep its balance

David Cameron?s high-wire coalition balancing act has forced him to replace David Laws with an ?inexperienced Liberal Democrat? in the key role of Treasury Chief Secretary, a Cabinet colleague admitted yesterday.

?It?s a pity that people don?t have to learn another language here?

Isabell Kaussen, 22, started wrestling with English grammar at the age of 12.

Companies ignoring British graduates for jobs that need good language skills

British employers are ignoring graduates from the UK, assuming that they cannot speak foreign languages. Managers of some leading companies, in research seen by The Times, admitted that they do not consider British candidates for jobs that need another language.

Border Agency finds stowaways travelling with £1m racing car

Sixteen illegal immigrants were caught in Calais, France, trying to smuggle themselves into Britain after they broke into a lorry containing an Aston Martin racing car.

David Laws, a brilliant loner afraid to tell his mother he was gay

With his angular jaw, neatly parted hair, smart suits and slightly over-long ties, David Laws has cut a dash through Liberal Democrat politics for more than 15 years. Briefly he promised to do the same on the national stage.

Two arrested on suspicion of murder after youth?s death in pond

Two men were arrested on suspicion of murder after Dylan Aaron, 17, died in a pond early yesterday.

How David Laws?s ?dream job? turned into a nightmare in 48 hours

When politicians run out of luck nothing goes according to plan ? even quitting. David Laws, his private life exposed, his career in ruins, sat on Saturday afternoon in a traffic jam, unable to tell the world that he was leaving his job as Treasury Chief Secretary.

Britain?s Got Talent begins five nights of semi-finals

This is the week when the watercooler talk will be dominated by such topics as a pensioner who can chop wood while impersonating Sir Sean Connery and a Glaswegian who regurgitates coins.

Royal Mail issues Britain Alone stamps for Dunkirk anniversary

A set of stamps has been issued by Royal Mail to mark the 70th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation.