A high street bloodbath could see 72,000 stores putting up the shutters this year - almost 200 a day. The number of vacant shops is expected to double to a record 135,000.

A man created a special version of his girlfriend s favourite film in which he asks her to marry him.

Shop prices fell by the largest amount in at least three years between November and December, finally bringing some respite to consumers.

Russia today shut off all gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine, leaving 12 countries without fuel in freezing winter conditions.

A mother-of-one has died suddenly of pneumonia after being sent home by hospital medics with a packet of paracetamol.

Two women police officers are suing the Met for £1million each over sexual harassment allegations against three male officers.

A senior clergyman has launched a scathing attack on the latest edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary.

Playing outdoors dramatically cuts a child s risk of becoming short-sighted, research shows.

A deaf teenager has won a landmark discrimination case after she was humiliated on sports day because she could not hear announcements telling her to stop running.

Two men and one woman are currently being treated in hospital for non-life threatening injuries after the hotel partially collapsed in the explosion.

Mourners were gathered, and family members paid their last respects as the deceased was laid to rest. But there was just one problem - the funeral directors had brought the wrong body.

A mother gave birth on Christmas Day and still found time to serve her family the festive dinner just hours later.

A single father was left stunned after he was turned away from a swimming pool when staff told him he could not provide proper supervision for his two sons.

A woman was jailed for seven years today for crushing a 15-month-old toddler under the wheels of her car.

While the grieving actor and his wife remained in seclusion at their holiday home in the Bahamas, a family friend and family doctor Mark Smith attended the cremation of 16-year-old Jett.

Israel has shown the first signs of bowing to the international outcry over its 11-day onslaught of Gaza after some 40 Palestinians sheltering in a United Nations school were killed.

Our brilliant new guide to beating the credit crunch shows you how to escape to the sun on a budget.

Russia today shut off all gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine, leaving 12 countries without fuel in freezing winter conditions.

Jonathan Ross s Friday night chat show will return on January 23, at the end of his three-month suspension from the BBC over the Andrew Sachs affair.

Their brain power is at best shallow. Or so we thought. But scientists believe fish may have hidden depths.