A crackdown on drink driving is to be launched targetting young men, the Department of Transport said yesterday. The move comes as new research revealed the concern amongst police forces over the levels of drink driving among 17-24 year olds.
The Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, is under growing pressure to disclose his advice to the Army on whether British soldiers in Iraq needed to comply with the Human Rights Act. Human rights groups and lawyers acting for Iraqi victims of
Why are we asking this now? The Soil Association, the biggest organic body in Britain, may slap a ban on air-freighting. It is asking suppliers, the public and other interested parties for their views on flying in food to the
Campaigners have pledged £100,000 for a fighting fund to encourage people to launch legal challenges against what they say are illegal bank charges. The money has been pledged by MoneySavingExpert.com and the Consumer Action Group as well as private individuals.
Vivienne Westwood is causing trouble again. She rose to fame in the 1970s as an iconoclastic clothes designer who dressed the Sex Pistols and brought the modern punk movement to the masses with her new wave fashion. And more than
During the Edwardian heyday of the gentleman's servant, the number of butlers never exceeded the number of masters. But a nouveau riche assault on Britain's once rigid class structure has led to something of a crisis in the supply and
It has been nearly six years since the twin towers attacks on America triggered an international war on terror. In that time, Labour has tried and failed to find a legal solution to combating the threat posed by those who
Victoria Hart Two weeks ago she was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, cleaning tables for £7 an hour to make ends meet - but now Victoria Hart, an amateur jazz singer, is set to sign a £1.5m
One of the candidates in the race for the Labour deputy leadership has called for British troops to be pulled out of Iraq, as pressure grows on Gordon Brown to change direction over the Middle East. Jon Cruddas, who is
Gordon Ramsay is to take an endangered fish off the menu of his two most famous restaurants within days after criticism from conservationists and the Government. The World Wildlife Fund and the Marine Conservation Society expressed their anger at Ramsay's
David Cameron was faced with a damaging party split last night as a frontbench Conservative MP resigned after being disciplined for defending 11-plus selection. Other senior Tory MPs rallied behind Graham Brady after he quit as Europe spokesman, in a
Sligo Rovers 0 Drogheda United 2Shane Robinson scored a late penalty to give Drogheda a hard-earned win at the Showgrounds and move them to within five points of leaders St Pat's.