'No cancer risk in plastic bottles'

'No cancer risk in plastic bottles'Mothers in the UK have been reassured over claims that a chemical in plastic water bottles may be linked to cancer....

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BT CEO Livingston steps down to join government

BT CEO Livingston steps down to join governmentBy Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - BT Chief Executive Ian Livingston said on Wednesday he was stepping down to take up a government job promoting British business, knocking shares in a telecom company he has helped reposition on the path to growth. Livingston, in charge since 2008, has taken BT to the verge of a return to overall revenue growth after the former state monopoly was brought low by a series of profit warnings five years ago....

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Rihanna Hits Fan With Microphone At Concert

Rihanna Hits Fan With Microphone At ConcertYouTube footage has emerged of Rihanna apparently hitting a fan with her microphone after her arm was grabbed during a concert....

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Kate Middleton to give birth in same hospital as Princess Diana

Kate Middleton to give birth in same hospital as Princess DianaLONDON (Reuters) - The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, will give birth to the future heir to the British throne in the same hospital where the late Princess Diana gave birth to Princes William and Harry, royal sources said on Wednesday. The new royal baby, who will become third in line to the throne behind grandfather Prince Charles and father Prince William, will be born in the private Lindo wing of St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, West London. The sources said the royal couple have still not been told the sex of the baby which is due next month as they want it to be a surprise....

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Pelka Case: Boy 'Looked Like He Had Worms'

Pelka Case: Boy 'Looked Like He Had Worms'The aunt of a four-year-old boy who died after allegedly being starved over several months has told a court that she thought he had "worms"....

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Deputy Speaker denies sex claims

Deputy Speaker denies sex claimsCommons Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans has continued to deny sex crime allegations after being questioned by police over fresh claims....

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Jeremy Forrest 'Feared Schoolgirl Was Suicidal'

Jeremy Forrest 'Feared Schoolgirl Was Suicidal'A teacher accused of abducting a schoolgirl and taking her to France only accompanied the teenager abroad because he feared she may kill herself, a court has heard....

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Baby Deaths 'Cover-Up': Health Sec Apologies

Baby Deaths 'Cover-Up': Health Sec ApologiesHealth Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said the covering-up of failures by an NHS watchdog to properly investigate baby deaths should never have happened....

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Chinese Go On UK Luxury Spending Spree

Chinese Go On UK Luxury Spending SpreeA Chinese conglomerate is to spend £1bn to buy British yacht maker Sunseeker and develop an upmarket London hotel on the major Nine Elms regeneration site....

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Health cover-up staff face action

Health cover-up staff face actionIndividuals involved in a cover-up at a health watchdog could face disciplinary action and other sanctions, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has told the House of Commons....

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BBC 'spent £22 million on pay-offs'

BBC 'spent £22 million on pay-offs'The BBC has spent more than £22 million in pay-offs known as compromise agreements over the last six years, it has been reported....

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