Sir Stephen Richards, cleared of exposing himself on a commuter train, will not face prosecution over fresh allegations, British Transport Police have said.
Mortgage lenders that persist in charging unfair exit fees could face court action, the industry watchdog said.
Deep inequalities and discrimination persist in Britain despite 40 years of anti-discrimination legislation, a report by a parliamentary committee said on Thursday.
As many as 50 vehicles are trapped in the rubble of an interstate bridge collapse, and officials said Thursday it could take five days or longer to search the wreckage.
For what is believed to be the first time anywhere in Japan, elected officials have openly condemned the consumption of dolphin meat, especially in school lunches, on grounds that it is dangerously contaminated with mercury.
Hundreds of dangerous prisoners given indeterminate sentences could be freed from jail after a court ruled yesterday that holding them longer than their minimum sentence was unlawful.
The birth certificates of children born from donated eggs and sperm would be marked with details of the way they were conceived, under proposals advanced yesterday by MPs and peers.
A tribunal in Cambodia charged the commandant of the main Khmer Rouge torture house with crimes against humanity on Tuesday, bringing the first charge in a long-delayed trial in the deaths of 1.7 million people in the late 1970s.
European shares dropped on Wednesday as investor concern flared over the extent of the fall-out in the U.S. subprime lending market, triggering widespread risk aversion that pummeled global equities.
News Corporation has finally won control of Dow Jones, owner of The Wall Street Journal, for $5.6 billion (£2.8 billion) after three months of grappling with the Bancroft family, who have now backed his bid with 37 per cent of their voting power.
One year after taking over from his ailing brother as Cuba´s leader, Raul Castro is raising hopes of reforms to relieve economic inefficiencies and food shortages.
An inmate of Guantanamo Bay who spends 22 hours each day in an isolation cell is fighting for the right to stay in the notorious internment camp.
Cohabiting couples would be entitled to financial settlements if they split up, under proposals from the Government’s key adviser on law reform.
HSBC is to warn its customers if they are at risk of incurring an unauthorised overdraft fee when withdrawing cash from an ATM. The bank said it would introduce the scheme at HSBC ATMs for HSBC and First Direct customers in six weeks´ time. The announcement came as HSBC revealed that it paid out £120 million in refunds for unauthorised overdraft fees in the first half of this year.
News Corporation was last night thought to be likely to be able to secure sufficient votes from the Bancroft family to proceed with a formal $5bn offer for Dow Jones, according to sources.
College professor Mark Warschauer says he simply forgot his 10-month-old son Mikey was in the car. Horse groom Antonio Balta claims he didn´t know the car would get hot enough to harm his 9-month-old daughter, Veronika.
Lawmakers pushing pet projects would have to shed more light on stealthy spending under legislation that Democratic leaders will try to move through the House and Senate this week.
Chief Justice John Roberts suffered a seizure Monday, causing him to fall while at his summer home off the coast of Maine, the Supreme Court said.
Nike to pay $7.6 mln to settle suit Nike Inc. has agreed to pay $7.6 million to settle a class-action suit that alleged the sportswear maker discriminated against black employees at its Niketown store in Chicago, according to court documents.
DPJ comes out on top as LDP, Komeito lose Upper House control
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