Daniel Radcliffe: 'my drinking was so bad I blacked out'

Daniel Radcliffe, the actor, has admitted that his excessive drinking was “unhealthy” and was “damaging” to his health. The Harry Potter star, who became teetotal in... Read More

Duchess of Cambridge meets recovering addicts on secret visit to treatment centre

The Duchess of Cambridge met recovering drug addicts and alcoholics when she paid a secret visit to a treatment clinic yesterday On the day that her husband arrived in the Falkland Islands ... Read More

David Miliband: my brother and a return to old Labour

David Miliband has broken his silence to warn that Labour risks moving too far to the Left under his brother’s leadership and is in danger of alienating business. The former foreign s... Read More

Snow to fall in London as bitterly cold weather grips Britain

London is set to see it's first significant snowfall today as the bitter cold snap continues to grip the country Daytime temperatures have plummeted four or five degrees lower than aver... Read More

RBS chief Stephen Hester bows to pressure and waives £1m bonus

Stephen Hester, the chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, has bowed to mounting public anger and agreed to give up a £1 million bonus Mr Hester’s move emerged on Sunday nig... Read More

Security guarding company calls on government to take action on metal thefts

MPs have joined UK security guarding company, Facilities Resource Limited (FRL Group) in calling on the Government to reform regulation of the scrap metal industry as part of wider measures to tack... Read More

JB Priestley, Roald Dahl, Lucian Freud and LS Lowry among 277 people who turned down honours

The authors JB Priestley( in photo) and Roald Dahl and the painters Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and LS Lowry are among more than 250 people who have turned down honours over the past 40 years,... Read More

Amanda Holden in critical condition after giving birth to Hollie Rose

TV star Amanda Holden has given birth to a baby girl – but the actress has spent three days in a "critical condition". The Britain's Got Talent judge has been treated in... Read More

No reason for economic despair, says Bank of England Governor

The Governor of the Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King, has urged against “despair” because “all crises come to an end” as official figures were expected to show that Britain ... Read More

Introducing Basingstoke Security

Basingstoke Security (www.basingstokesecurity.com) is a security firm provides mobile security patrols, manned guarding, static guards, key holder services,  alarm response and event security ... Read More

Costa Concordia: search operations suspended as 20 still missing

Search operations on the stricken Costa Concordia were suspended overnight when sea swells again caused the giant cruise liner to shift in its position, making conditions too dangerous for divers. ... Read More

BRC Retail Crime Survey 2011: crime costs soar to £1.4 billion

The overall cost of retail crime has soared by 31% to £1.4 billion as the sector is increasingly targeted by serious, organised criminals reports Facilities Resource Limited (FRL Group Retail... Read More

Military vehicle enthusiasts have new resources to secure their valuable projects

How can you secure your historic military vehicle collection or project? Be alert to Intrusion, Fire and Flood! Theft of scrap metal is still escalating in the United Kingdom and the theft of f... Read More

Costa Concordia: captain’s actions 'disgraceful’ says cruise ship’s reluctant hero

An off-duty captain who gave the order to abandon the stricken Costa Concordia cruise ship as it capsized says the actions of Captain Francesco Schettino were “disgraceful”. Cap... Read More

State to help elderly downsize as Government tackles housing crisis

Elderly homeowners will be encouraged to downsize to smaller properties and allow councils to rent their homes to local families under Coalition plans to ease the nation’s housing crisis. ... Read More

Cruise disaster: ship slipping into the sea

Costa Concordia, the stricken cruise liner, is slipping from the rock shelf into the sea, triggering a warning from Italian environment minister that an ecological disaster could follow its sinking... Read More

Cruise disaster: Survivors found alive inside ship more than 24 hours after disaster struck

The search for up to 40 people missing from the capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia will resume today with the first wave of Britons caught up in the drama expected to land back on UK soil. ... Read More

EDF Energy to cut gas bills by 5pc

EDF Energy will pass on a fall in wholesale gas prices by cutting customers' gas bills by 5pc next month, putting pressure on the other "Big Six" suppliers to follow suit The ... Read More

Leopard rampages through Indian city killing one

A leopard that wandered into a city in eastern India went on a rampage, killing one man, swiping off part of another man's scalp and injuring three other people before authorities tranquillised... Read More

Brits warned over Kenya attacks

TERRORISTS may be on the verge of launching attacks in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, the Foreign Office warned today. The Foreign Office issued an alert to Britons in the African country this mor... Read More