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Ministers are suggesting a raft of measures to target anti-social drivers, including those who speed excessively or use drugs.
6 hours 32 min ago
A man accused of murder who escaped from a hospital should have been in jail, his alleged victim's mother says.
7 hours 37 min ago
Digital television is spreading faster in Britain than in France, Canada, the US, Germany, Italy and Japan, according to research by Ofcom.
7 hours 40 min ago
Nearly 3,000 scripts from Alistair Cooke's BBC radio show Letters From America are to be placed in a public electronic archive.
7 hours 57 min ago
Smiles all round as England supporters celebrate in Berlin
9 hours 29 min ago
Most young people are confident of finding a job despite the economic downturn, a survey finds.
10 hours 1 min ago
Shareholders of the Royal Bank of Scotland will vote later on Thursday on whether to accept a £20bn government bail-out.
10 hours 2 min ago
A Royal Navy sailor has been fined 3,000 Euros after a disturbance at a bar in Sicily, the Ministry of Defence confirms.
10 hours 36 min ago
Victims of violent crime entitled to compensation are being hampered by excessive bureaucracy, say MPs.
10 hours 36 min ago
A flagship NHS reform aimed at developing more innovative community services has delivered little, a report says.
10 hours 37 min ago
The loss of green spaces in Britain has caused the number of house sparrows to drop sharply in the past 30 years, the RSPB says.
19 November, 2008 - 22:53
What do UK schools share with Venezuela?
19 November, 2008 - 22:33
BNP members say they have received threatening phone calls and e-mails after their details were published on the internet.
19 November, 2008 - 22:13
John Sergeant has pulled out of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing because winning would have been "a joke too far", he says.
19 November, 2008 - 21:55
An early goal by Maxi Rodriguez gives Diego Maradona's Argentina victory over Scotland at Hampden.
19 November, 2008 - 21:43
England skipper John Terry heads a late winner to earn Fabio Capello's side a fully-deserved victory in Germany.
19 November, 2008 - 21:42
A British charity worker in Albania is jailed for 20 years after being found guilty of sexually abusing children.
19 November, 2008 - 21:40
Northern Ireland fall to a disappointing 2-0 defeat by Hungary in a friendly game at Windsor Park.
19 November, 2008 - 21:36
The company says 250 posts could be lost, bringing the total number of jobs under threat in Wales to 750 in two days.
19 November, 2008 - 21:25
Detectives in Warrington arrest a 56-year-old man after the body of a baby girl is discovered by police officers.
