Assange expects to stay in embassy

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for a year

12:13am Wednesday 19th June 2013

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will not leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in London even if sex charges against him are dropped, because he fears moves are already under way to extradite him to the United States, he has revealed.

Guides drop God vow from Promise

Chief Guide Gill Slocombe said that Girlguiding 'believes passionately' that girls need a space to explore their values

12:13am Wednesday 19th June 2013

It has been a part of the Promise for over a century, but from now on girls will no longer pledge their devotion to God when they join the Guides.

New food labels help fight obesity

A new front-of-pack label that has the support of health groups and all the major supermarkets has been launched to help tackle the obesity crisis

12:13am Wednesday 19th June 2013

A new front-of-pack food label that has the support of health groups and all the major supermarkets has been launched to help tackle the obesity crisis.

Many roads 'could become unusable'

Some local roads may close due to underfunding of road maintenance and severe weather, the LGA warned

12:13am Wednesday 19th June 2013

Much of the local road network could become unusable should there be more flooding or another severe winter, highways bosses are warning.

Patient restraint data revealed

The charity said there was 'huge variation' between trusts in the use of all types of physical restraint on mental health patients

12:13am Wednesday 19th June 2013

Nearly 40,000 incidents of physical restraint on mental health patients in England were recorded in one year - with more than 3,000 in the "dangerous" face-down position - according to figures released by a charity.

RBS split raised amid banks rethink

Radical plans to split Royal Bank of Scotland into a 'good' bank and a 'bad' bank must be looked at immediately

12:13am Wednesday 19th June 2013

Radical plans to split Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) into a "good" bank and a "bad" bank must be looked at immediately as part of an urgent rethink of Government plans for privatisation, according to an influential Parliamentary commission.

Ex-soldier guilty of further rapes

Brian Witty is 'a serial rapist who is arrogant in the extreme and has shown absolutely no contrition for his crimes', police said (Metropolitan Police/PA)

7:38pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

A convicted date rapist has been sentenced to life imprisonment for three more rapes on teenage women, Scotland Yard said.

Experts probe UK's unusual weather

If the jet stream ends in a southerly position, it can bring wet summers

6:43pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

Leading scientists and meteorologists gathered at the Met Office to discuss the UK's unusual weather patterns in recent years.

Teacher's wife weeps over split

Jeremy Forrest has denied the charge of child abduction

5:53pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

The wife of a teacher who allegedly abducted a schoolgirl to France has broken down in tears as she told a court how their marriage was falling apart.

Knox acquittal 'full of mistakes'

Italy's high court has said Amanda Knox's acquittal was full of mistakes (AP)

5:42pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

The acquittal of accused murderer Amanda Knox was full of "deficiencies, contradictions and illogical" conclusions Italy's high court has ruled, ordering a fresh look at all the evidence to determine whether she did kill her flatmate Meredith Kercher.






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