Ann Salter

As the Hillsborough Inquiry continues with the role of police and police cover-ups at the forefront of the investigation, Sir Norman Bettison has tended his immediate resignation as the West Yorkshire Police Chief Constable.

Kevin Carroll, a founding member of the far-right English Defence league, is standing for the post of Luton's first-ever police and crime commissioner, as the candidate for the newly-created British Freedom party.

George Entwistle, faced an intense grilling today at the Culture and Media committee today over: allegations of sexual abuse committed by former presenter Jimmy Savile while at the BBC.

The Emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani has arrived in Gaza from Egypt on what is billed as a 'historic trip' by the Islamist group Hamas who have been in power since 2007.

An Italian court has convicted six scientists and a government official on a charge of 'multiple manslaughter' and sentenced them to six years in prison.

The BBC is very much under the spotlight again today, over its role in investigating the wide spread Jimmy Savile sexual abuse allegations.

Rosneft, Russia's state-controlled energy firm, is one step closer to becoming the world's biggest oil company after reaching a $55bn deal with BP and a group of investors.

Three Birmingham men, Irfan Naseer, Irfan Khalid and Ashik Ali, have all appeared at Woolwich Crown court today accused of planning a bomb campaign which prosecutors say, may have been bigger than the 7 July London attacks.

The editor of BBC Newsnight Peter Rippon has decided 'to step aside with immediate effect' after it emerged that a planned programme celebrating Jimmy Savile was pulled for editorial reasons from the schedule.

Following the violence over the weekend, that has seen two people killed and more than a dozen injured after clashes between Sunni and Shi'ite gunmen in Lebanon.

Police have named the 31 year old man charged over the murder of Karina Menzies on Friday in a hit and run attack as Matthew Tvrdon.

Christopher Halliwell has been sentenced at Bristol Crown Court today to a minimum of 25 years for the murder of Sian O'Callaghan who he sexually assaulted and stubbed to death after driving her home in his taxi last March in Swindon.

In a historic move, the families of four British soldiers who were killed on active duty in Iraq, have won the latest round in their fight, to sue the Ministry of Defence for negligence and inadequate equipment.

The critically injured three year old girl Maheen Shakoor, has sadly died, at Broomhill Hospital Chelmsford from her serious injuries suffered during the Harlow Fire, according to Essex Police.

Glasgow Airport has suspended all flights following an incident this morning, after a Boeing 737 Jet2 plane filled with smoke while the plane waited on the run way for take-off, carrying 189 passengers to Alicante.

China has sent a taskforce of 11 ships and eight aircraft today, to what it says is an undisclosed location in the East China Sea.

Greece's biggest general strike today has seen thousands of people take to the streets in Athens and stand alongside the two main trade unions, protesting against more planned spending cuts.

Following the house fire earlier this week in Harlow Essex, in which a doctor and four of her children died, an announcement has just been made by Essex police that there was "no evidence to suggest than an accelerant was used."

Eight crew members of the British Royal Air Force, who died on a daring mission in the final stages of Second World War in 1945, were finally laid to rest today with full military honours, almost 67 years after they died.

British police are to send a team of search experts on Friday to the Greek island of Kos in a fresh search for Ben Needham, the 21 month old toddler, who went missing on the holiday island 21 years ago.

UEFA has announced it has charged the Serbian Football Association with improper conduct, the Serbian fans with racial abuse and the English FA with failing to control players.

One year on since the death of the Libyan dictator colonel Gaddafi last year in his home town Sirte and a  newly released report  and footage from The Human Rights Watch organisation.

Shajul Islam a 26-year-old man who appeared at Westminster magistrate's Court today, charged with the kidnapping of British photographer John Cantlie in Syria, has been remanded in custody.

Citigroup chief executive Vikram Pandit has surprised Wall Street by resigning with immediate effect.

History was made at the Man Booker prize last night as Hilary Mantel became the first woman and the first British novelist, to win the prestigious Man Booker Prize twice and receive £50,000 as part of the prize. For her novel, Bring up the Bodies.

The Attorney General, Dominic Grieve speaking at the House of Lords today, is applying to the High court to squash the inquest of 'accidental death', into the deaths of all 96 football fans that died in the Hillsborough stadium crush in 1989.

Labour leader Ed Miliband said that an independent inquiry is needed to be undertaken against disgraced TV Presenter Jimmy Savile.

Hours before the second US presidential debate is due to take place. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke on TV saying it is her responsibility and not the White House to keep diplomats safe.

An undercover operation carried out by The Sunday Times, which revealed the head of The Royal British Legion Lt General Sir John Kiszely, saying he could offer to help firms lobby for arms deals.