Thu, 23rd Feb 2012
11:00am Thursday 23rd February 2012
Rules on adoption are to be changed to make the process of finding a permanent home for a child in care swifter, simpler and more flexible, Education Secretary Michael Gove has announced.
10:48am Thursday 23rd February 2012
Labour MP Eric Joyce has been suspended from the party following allegations of an assault in a House of Commons bar on Wednesday night.
10:41am Thursday 23rd February 2012
Net migration to Britain remained steady at 250,000 in the year to last June, official figures showed.
10:38am Thursday 23rd February 2012
An MEP has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud the European Parliament.
10:32am Thursday 23rd February 2012
The chief executive of health and social care regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has resigned.
10:15am Thursday 23rd February 2012
An 18-month-old girl remains critically ill in hospital after she was hit by a motorbike.
9:57am Thursday 23rd February 2012
Comedian Frank Carson was a child at heart who just wanted to have fun and give fun, his son has said.
8:45am Thursday 23rd February 2012
Tube staff are being attacked and threatened by angry passengers because of "misinformation" about delays to London Underground services, their union has claimed.
7:38am Thursday 23rd February 2012
Taxpayer-backed Royal Bank of Scotland remained at the heart of the row over bankers' pay as it unveiled total losses of £2 billion for 2011 at the same time as paying £785 million in bonuses to its staff.
7:25am Thursday 23rd February 2012
Part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland has revealed total losses of £2 billion in 2011, compared with £1.1 billion in 2010.
