Onlookers turned on protesters as they shouted 'terrorists' and held 'butchers of Basra' placards Two people were arrested for public order offences after angry scenes between anti-war protesters and bystanders during a homecoming parade for 200 soldiers returning from Iraq. About a dozen anti-war p...

The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, was involved in an expletive-filled exchange with a senior MP who criticised him for giving confused evidence to a Commons committee. The Tory mayor is said to have used the F-word 10 times and accused Keith Vaz, the Labour chairman of the home affairs committee, ...

A man drowned in floods and dozens of people, including six Royal Marines heading for Afghanistan, were injured in road crashes as extreme weather continued to grip the country. A 53-year-old man drowned after being swept down a culvert by floods caused by melting snow and torrential rain. Lance Tad...