It is the latest in a series of damaging revelations about MPs' expenses published by The Daily Telegraph.The latest disclosures also involve a senior figure for the first time, shadow climate change minister Greg Barker.The Bexhill and Battle MP - a close ally of - is said to have made £320,000 after buying a flat with the help of taxpayers' money.Commons officials have called in Scotland Yard
Sir Paul Stephenson, Britain's most senior police officer, told the Times he wanted to recognise the disquiet over (kettling) without actually saying the tactic is wrong.Allowing demonstrators to leave the area when they wished and frightening members of the public was hugely irresponsible, he added.He said: Is this the price we pay for not having the paramilitary equipment that our colleagues wo
One in three nurses asked said they had to use hospital bathrooms due to a lack of dedicated areas for decontamination.The Royal College of Nursing, which commissioned the survey of 2,000 members, described the findings as shocking.Chief Executive and General Secretary Dr Peter Carter said: Having the time and space to clean and then store essential everyday hospital equipment such as IV stands,
The prisoner apparently hurled a television set onto the floor, then smashed lights with a broken table leg at HMP Ashwell last month.A prison officer had fled the scene and 50 minutes later the riot escalated as 20 inmates joined in, according to an eyewitness.The violence continued for almost 24 hours, leaving substantial damage, before riot squad officers took control.Another inmate, who saw w
Party's leader Nigel Farage said Ukip had an important job to do in protecting Britain's national interests.He added he would lose no sleep if the humiliation of trailing behind Ukip in the June 4 poll forced out of office.Mr Farage also predicted his party could stand in the way of an electoral breakthrough for the far-right British National Party in the north of England.Ukip achieved its best-
Rachel Baker, 43, who operated Parkfields Residential Care Home, in Butleigh, Somerset, appeared at Bristol Crown Court for a directions hearing.It is alleged she murdered Marion Alder, 79, Clara Lucy Cox, 97, and Mary Francis Hay, 85, between 2006 and 2007.Mrs Baker also faces 11 counts of possession of a controlled Class A and C drugs.Both she and her husband Leigh Baker, 50, who appeared along
Total UK, Hertfordshire Oil Storage, British Pipeline Agency, TAV Engineering and Motherwell Control Systems 2003 were all charged after an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive and the Agency.Legal representatives appeared at West Hertfordshire Magistrates' Court to be told their case will be heard by a higher court.The December 11, 2005 explosion was the result of a spillage of 300
Detectives are investigating whether the 18-year-old's death was linked to a drugs deal.His body was discovered on Thursday in Deptford, southeast London, and a post-mortem examination revealed he died from stab wounds to the leg.Investigators are examining whether Mr Pervaiz, who is believed to be a British citizen of Pakistani origin, had links to .Two men, aged 18 and 20, were arrested over th
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