Parents appeal after arson death

9:56pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

A couple whose three-year-old daughter was murdered in an horrific arson attack have made a tearful plea for help to catch her killer.

Woman jailed over toddler death

9:56pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

A woman was jailed for seven years for crushing a 15-month-old toddler under the wheels of her car.

Airport protesters sentenced

9:56pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

Twenty-two protesters have been sentenced after a demonstration which brought one of Britain's busiest airports to a standstill.

Shaw's stalker could face jail term

9:56pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

TV actor Martin Shaw said justice had been done after his "stalker" was found guilty of a five-year campaign of harassment.

Price speeding charge is dismissed

9:56pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

The case against glamour model Katie Price for an alleged speeding offence has been dropped in her absence due to a legal technicality.

More misery for train passengers

9:56pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

Passengers have suffered a sixth successive day of travel chaos on a main London to Scotland railway line on which a £9 billion upgrade has just been completed.

Barclays to axe 400 IT jobs

9:56pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

The credit crunch has continued to undermine British industry, leaving a trail of closed stores and delivering fresh blows to the banking and retail sectors.

Warning over Gaza reprisals in UK

9:56pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

High-profile British Jews have been warned to review their security measures amid fears of reprisal attacks as bloody violence continues in Gaza.

Big freeze causes sea to ice over

9:56pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

The sea froze as Britain's shivering start to the year got even colder.

M&S shuts shops and cuts jobs

9:56pm Wednesday 7th January 2009

Marks & Spencer unveiled a swathe of store closures and more than 1,200 job cuts in the wake of its worst trading for almost a decade.