Thatcher's bodyguard says he warned her about underage sex rumours about close aide amid claims senior ministers were named in dossier

• Barry Strevens says he told Iron Lady about rumours about Peter Morrison 
• Thatcher listened during No.10 meeting, but went on to promote her aide
• New claims emerged about dossier…

Armed Australian police to deploy to MH17 crash site

Police blitz on paedophiles leads to arrest of 660 suspects including doctors, teachers, Scout leaders and care workers

• Police crackdown has led to the arrest of 660 suspected paedophiles
• Includes teachers, Scout leaders, doctors, former officers and care workers
• Arrested on suspicion of downloading and…

57 Years Ago: U.S. and Britain Approved Use of Islamic Extremists to Topple Syrian Government

There may have been establishment cover-up of child abuse claims to 'protect the system', says Lord Tebbit

• Ex-Tory party chairman says it was 'more important to protect the system'
• Says it was 'spectacularly wrong' because the abuses have 'grown'
• Government says 114 secret files on paedophile cases have gone…

US deploys stealth B-2 bombers in Europe

Published time: June 09, 2014 07:17 

Edited time: June 09, 2014 10:01

The US Air Force has sent more of its bombers to Europe, deploying two B-2 stealth aircraft as part of a military exercise. On Sunday they joined three B-52 StratoFortress bombers already deployed in Britain.

All the …

Anti-homeless spikes installed in posh London neighborhood spark outrage

Published time: June 08, 2014 03:06 

Edited time: June 08, 2014 11:02

After photos of metal spikes designed to prevent homeless people from sleeping in posh London neighborhoods surfaced online, people have been venting their outrage with controversial invention all over the social…

UK troops to help free Nigeria girls: Hundreds sent to country to assist local forces in battle against Boko Haram

• Top Nigerian military official says they cannot attempt a rescue operation
• 'We can't kill our girls in the name of trying to get them back,' he said
• Pressure is growing on…

Did MI5 help Lee Rigby killer escape Kenyan jail before he murdered soldier? MPs probe claims Adebolajo was sprung free after he was arrested for trying to join terror group

• Michael Adebolajo is serving life for killing Lee Rigby in Woolwich
• Intelligence Select Committee is…

NHS to give sex change drugs to nine-year-olds: Clinic accused of 'playing God' with treatment that stops puberty

• Treatment with controversial drugs is for youngsters trapped in wrong body
• Monthly drug injections into the stomach stop puberty and may do harm
• Trial in North London was completed - and is set to be rolled out…

Man who fathered three children with his own daughter during 16-year relationship - and got off with a CAUTION when police found out - is jailed for four years

• Girl separated from father as a toddler but got to know him as a teenager
• Pair moved in together after girl had a problem with her stepfather
• Told police she was 14 when father first kissed and…

Coming to a street near you - the lights that keep you awake and could make people ill...

• Councils claim LED lights use less energy than conventional sodium bulbs
• Hounslow council agree to dim lights after complaints from residents
• But the local authority won't replace the 16,000 lights across the borough
• Bury…

Islamic school hardliners 'confiscated Easter eggs from pupils' as head of Ofsted takes charge of inquiry into 'Muslim Trojan Horse plot'

• Schools being investigated over plot to introduce radical Islamic teaching
  
  
• Birmingham schools allegedly targeted by Muslim hardliners
• 'Morality squads' of older students allegedly smashed pupil's Easter…

Adolf Hitler’s Liverpudlian half-brother in the 1911 census

We’ve unearthed Adolf Hitler’s half-brother in our 1911 census records, and his return makes for fascinating reading.

Alois Hitler Jr had a troubled childhood and is said to have had a rocky relationship with his parents. In 1910 he met a young woman called Bridget Elizabeth Dowling, at the…

Airport luggage spies: How officials are rummaging through your bags without telling you

• Officials are allowed to search bags before they go on baggage carousel
• Two thirds of searchers turn up nothing and owners are never told
  
  
• Staff also found not seeking proper authorisation before searching…

Britain's cruelest 'carers': Two hospital workers filmed slapped brain-damaged patient and called him a 'dirty scummy boy' while he groaned in pain at £3,000-a-week private Priory

• Worried family hid secret surveillance cameras around the man's room
  
  
• Rita Page and Lynette Crook were filmed in Bury, Greater…

Father-of-one loses three limbs and half his face to flesh eating bacteria which started as a common cold just FOUR months ago

• Alex Lewis, 34, was forced to have both legs and his left arm amputated
• The father-of-one spent a week in a coma after his major organs shut down
  
  
• Doctors told his…

Scientists' hidden links to the GM food giants: Disturbing truth behind official report that said UK should forge on with Frankenfoods

• Government advisory body presented an 'independent' report on Thursday
• It was used to support a bid to speed up the use of GM food in the UK
  
  
• But in fact all…

Businesswoman sold 'edible' cupcake glitter made from shredded plastic and powdered brass - and insisted it was safe despite repeated warnings

• Margaret Martin duped cake businesses into buying the fake 'edible' glitter
• Despite being marketed as…

£1billion 'film tax bill for stars': String of household names face paying huge sums over scheme that linked box office hits to tax breaks

• Bob Geldof, Anne Robinson and Victoria Beckham said to be also among the 1,000 household names affected
• They each paid a minimum £100,000 to invest in a movie venture that promised to combine box office hits with tempting tax…