Britons are waking up to the fact that their beloved light bulb will disappear for good after 120 years. Traditional 100-watt bulbs are vanishing from the High Street because of a controversial European Union decision.
Britain is gripped by a deep freeze fit for a polar bear as temperatures plunge to -10C - colder than the Antarctic - and 2,800 motorists call for assistance every hour after accidents or breakdowns.
One of the world's richest men has become the latest high-profile suicide linked to the credit crunch.
A secret leaked memo last night revealed 200 bail hostels for dangerous criminals are being opened in residential streets across Britain without any consultation with the public.
A crackdown on 'Shameless' families could see state officials turning up at people's homes to get them out of bed for work and make sure their children go to school.
A high street bloodbath could see 72,000 stores putting up the shutters this year - almost 200 a day. The number of vacant shops is expected to more than double from 63,000 in December to a record 135,000 by the end of 2009. ...read
A man who promised to buy his son a toy shop if he won the Lottery had to backtrack when he scooped more than £1 million.
A baby has died and seven other are in an isolation ward after the outbreak of a deadly bug at a hospital neo-natal unit.
A young model dubbed the new Twiggy has died after being struck down with cancer weeks into her dream career. Toni Chorley, 23, died two days after Christmas Day.
Russia cut gas exports to Europe by 60 per cent today, plunging the continent into an energy crisis 'within hours' as a dispute with Ukraine escalated.
House prices fell by 15.9 per cent last year in their biggest annual drop on record, figures showed today. The average price of a home in the UK fell another 2.5 per cent in December.
Cash-strapped council bosses believe they have come up with a new approach to fighting the credit crunch - by hiring a £100k anti-recession guru.
A boy of 12 died after out-of-hours doctors refused to make a house call - and told his mother to treat his mystery illness with paracetamol.
This is the first picture of the woman who died when the car she was in was hit by a train after getting stuck on a level crossing..
A vicar has removed a sculpture of the crucifixion from the front of his church because it was a 'horrifying depiction of pain and suffering' that was scaring off worshippers.
A violent gang stole and re-stole dozens of cars up to six times in a sophisticated scam targeting middle-class families. They targeted lone women and carried out burglaries on family homes.
Israeli shells have killed at least 40 Palestinians sheltering in a school yesterday. Many children were among the dead in what Gordon Brown called the 'darkest moment yet' in the Gaza crisis. At least 75 civilians were killed as Israel's air attacks intensified. ...read
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