National News

'Miracle' Escape As Blast Wrecks Temple: Worshippers fled a Hare Krishna temple just seconds before a gas explosion ripped through the building in Leicester, according to fire officials.; Read the full story

Ex-Headteacher Faces Jail For Abusing Boys: A former boarding school headteacher is facing jail for abusing boys in Norfolk and Suffolk during the 1970s and 1980s.; Read the full story

Lib Dem Politician Sir Cyril Smith Dies: Veteran Liberal Democrat politician Sir Cyril Smith has died, aged 82.; Read the full story

Cops Suspended Over Illicit Sports Car Roll: Two police officers have been suspended after confiscating a super-fast sports car from its driver and then crashing it themselves.; Read the full story

Binning The Booze: Brits Are Drinking Less: People in the UK are drinking less for the first time in 60 years, according to new figures.; Read the full story

Camerons Show Off New Baby At Number 10: Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha have appeared in Downing Street with their new daughter for the first time.; Read the full story

Capello: Press Turned Me From God To Monster: England manager Fabio Capello has said the country's media has turned him from "a god" to "a monster" as the odds on him losing his job shorten.; Read the full story

'Quickie Divorce' For Cheryl And Ashley Cole: The four-year marriage of Cheryl and Ashley Cole has ended in divorce at the High Court in London.; Read the full story

ICC: Pakistan Trio 'Have Case To Answer': Cricket's governing body has pledged to stamp out corruption in the sport - as the three Pakistan cricketers caught in an alleged betting scam were quizzed by police.; Read the full story

Tagged Nadir To Face Trial 'In October 2011': An Old Bailey judge has said Asil Nadir could face trial in October 2011 and ordered the tycoon to wear an electronic tag.; Read the full story

Online Predator Raped Partner's Teen Daughter: A man who met a woman on a dating website and then raped her 14-year-old daughter has been locked up indefinitely.; Read the full story

Bags Worth Thousands Snatched In Moped Raid: Vivienne Westwood handbags worth thousands of pounds have been stolen in a smash-and-grab raid on a London store.; Read the full story

Balls Calls For Spending Spree On New Jobs: Unemployment should be tackled by spending £250m on creating 200,000 jobs and placements for people out of work, Labour leadership hopeful Ed Balls has said.; Read the full story

Parents Re-Arrested Over 'Honour Killing': The parents of a Muslim teenager suspected to be the victim of an honour killing have been arrested on suspicion of her murder.; Read the full story

'Wear Old Clothes', Prince Tells Vogue: Prince Charles has urged Vogue's readers in America to wear old clothes and help save the planet by reducing their carbon footprint.; Read the full story

'End Of The Road' For Driver's Stig Career: The career of racing driver Ben Collins as Top Gear's The Stig is likely to have skidded to a halt following his High Court battle with the BBC, sources are saying.; Read the full story

RBS Axing 3,500 More Jobs 'Is A Horror Story': Royal Bank of Scotland is cutting a further 3,500 British jobs in a move a major trade union has described as a "horror story".; Read the full story

'Talks Were Held' Over Assisted Suicide Case: An team of professionals held an urgent meeting about a severely disabled pensioner who repeatedly threatened to kill himself seven months before he went to Switzerland to die, it has emerged.; Read the full story

Fan-Plastic: How Paper Beat Footie Photo Ban: An evening newspaper has come up with an ingenious way to beat a League One football club's ban on photographers.; Read the full story

Hawking Picks Physics Over God For Big Bang: Physics was the reason for the Big Bang, not God, according to scientist Stephen Hawking.; Read the full story