Recruiter says superiors brushed aside his complaints about nickname A black Royal Navy recruiting officer was introduced as "Robert Mugabe" at important meetings and once came into work to find a "Vote Mugabe" poster on the wall above his desk, an employment tribunal heard today. Andrew Antrobus sa...

British couple helped to die at Swiss clinic A husband and wife with cancer have become the first terminally ill British couple to travel to Switzerland to be helped to die, their family said last night. Peter and Penelope Duff, 80 and 70, died together at the Dignitas clinic near Zurich last week. ...

• Three serving officers among 15 people due in court• Lynette White's murder in 1988 led to miscarriage of justice Three serving police officers are among 15 people facing charges over the investigation into the murder of prostitute Lynette White 21 years ago. Ten retired police officers and tw...

Late morning at the Oriental Aroma restaurant in the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett. Outside the police are on standby, should crowd control become necessary. Inside seven chefs are steeling themselves for what will be an extraordinary four-hour service. At 11.40am the first of the Chinese and Th...

After almost 100 days alone at sea taking part in one of the most gruelling sporting events, Sam Davies could be forgiven for looking forward to a little time off. But last night as she was on the brink of becoming the first Briton to complete the latest Vendée Globe solo round-the-world yach...

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...

Four people died when two military planes collided in midair during a training flight in south Wales this morning, the Ministry of Defence said. There were reports one of the crew ejected but did not survive. Witnesses said they saw the two planes crash in the sand dunes of the Kenfig nature reserve...

Parents, business leaders and education campaigners last night condemned the decision to close 8,000 schools across the UK yesterday even though the snowy conditions gripping the country eased in some areas. The anger was most acute in cities where every schools was shut. Birmingham and Bradford clo...

A sport-loving student said today that it took him just a few minutes to adapt to an advanced bionic hand fitted after he lost his own in an accident. Evan Reynolds, a sports biology student at the University of the West of England in Bristol, is one of the first people in the UK to be fitted with t...

Guardian: Moves may be afoot to reintroduce beavers to the wild, but for one determined furry favourite change was clearly not coming swiftly enough. The male rodent dodged through an electric fence at a sanctuary in Devon together with two females and made his dash for freedom. His two companions w...