The Little Hacker's Room

The ornamental duck island which sank the career of a Tory MP at the height of the expenses scandal is sold for charity.

A major fire at a tyre storage centre on the south side of Glasgow leads to disruption on roads in the area.

The role of the gambling syndicates that can make millions from the outcome of a single game has been highlighted by the allegation that three Pakistani cricket players were involved in a betting scam.

Tiffin carriers in the Indian city of Mumbai learn English and basic computer skills to improve their business prospects.

Police in Mozambique arrest 142 people over last week's riots which led to 10 deaths in the capital, Maputo.

Carbon-rich organic molecules, which serve as the building blocks of life, may be present on Mars after all, say scientists.

A former boarding school head teacher is jailed for 21 years for sexually abusing and beating pupils.

The Brit Awards are to move to the O2 Arena in east London from Earl's Court in the west of the city.

The suspicious object was left in the playground of St Comgall's Primary School and picked up by an eight -year-old pupil.

Children as young as seven are stealing and driving cars on the streets of Oxford, the city's priority crime team reveals.

Michael Gove says demand for new free schools has exceeded expectations but Labour says plans for 16 new institutions next year are "laughable".

The Spanish government says an Eta ceasefire is "insufficient" and calls on the Basque separatist group to renounce violence forever.

England striker Wayne Rooney joined the rest of the squad on a flight from Luton Airport.

The odds of Paul Weller winning the Mercury Prize are slashed after a bookmaker takes an "unprecedented" rush of bets backing him.

The former US president Bill Clinton is to make a brief visit to NI ahead of an economic summit next month.

What does this man tell us about the real 1960s?

Remarkable new footage of the the London blitz goes on show.

Almost two-thirds of the 160,000 homes in and around Christchurch were damaged by Saturday's earthquake, New Zealand's prime minister says.

A package of confidential documents relating to the Pope's visit are handed in to police.

Lebanese PM Saad Hariri says he was wrong to accuse Syria of assassinating his father - former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri.