THERE should be no public sympathy for gunman Raoul Moat, British Prime Minister David Cameron has said , describing him as a “callous murderer”.

Shannon Matthews was taken off the British child protection register on the orders of social services’ managers despite warnings from social workers, it was claimed today.

Scientists believe they have discovered a drug that can treat arthritis, it emerged today.

British Home Secretary David Blunkett was tonight preparing for a High Court battle, which could come as early as Monday, over the future of Humberside’s Chief Constable David Woodward.

The Home Office should take more of the blame for the failings identified by the Bichard Inquiry into the handling of Soham murderer Ian Huntley, a senior police officer said today.