A retired senior Scotland Yard police officer has admitted authorising secret recordings of a meeting between a friend of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence, his lawyers and detectives.

Four people have been killed and a woman is seriously hurt after a group of six climbers were caught up in an avalanche in the Scottish Highlands.

The British High Court has quashed the original accidental death inquest verdicts returned after 96 Liverpool football fans died in the crush at Hillsborough 23 years ago.

A new police investigation into the Hillsborough Disaster was announced by the UK Home Secretary today.

The High Court is being asked today to quash the original accidental death inquest verdicts returned after 96 Liverpool football fans died in the crush at Hillsborough 23 years ago.

A formal application to quash the verdicts of the original Hillsborough inquests has been made by the British government’s top lawyer.

A formal application to quash the verdicts of the original Hillsborough inquests has been made by the Government’s top lawyer.

An application to quash the original Hillsborough inquest verdicts could be made today, the Attorney General’s office said.

The British Attorney General has paved the way for a fresh inquest to be held into the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans in the Hillsborough disaster 23 years ago.

Britain's Attorney General is expected to apply today to have the original verdicts in the inquest into the deaths of 96 fans at Hillsborough quashed.

Pressure was growing today for criminal prosecutions to be brought against police officers involved in the Hillsborough disaster.

Attorney General Dominic Grieve has defended his decision not to prosecute footballer Joey Barton for a series of online comments about John Terry ahead of his trial, insisting they would not jeopardise the case.

Jail sentences given to two men who murdered Stephen Lawrence were not unduly lenient, Britain’s top law officer said today.

BRITISH Attorney General Dominic Grieve has ruled out asking the High Court to order an inquest into the death of David Kelly.

Attorney General Dominic Grieve has ruled out asking the High Court to order an inquest into the death of David Kelly.

Users of Twitter could face legal action for contempt of court if they use the micro-blogging website to breach privacy injunctions, the UK's Attorney General warned today.

A BREAKTHROUGH by scientists at Queen’s University Belfast could help reduce heart failure in cancer patients and ultimately increase survival rates.

Personal details relating to thousands of criminals have been lost in the latest in a line of Government data blunders, it emerged tonight.

IRA MEN last night stood accused of carrying out the murder of Paul Quinn last month.

Singer George Michael, who has admitted driving while unfit, had a cocktail of drugs in his system including GHB and cannabis, a court heard today.

This weekend Tyrone, Kerry and Antrim undertake lengthy journeys in search of Allianz League points. Colm O’Connor discovers just how costly and complex these trips can be.

THE face of Jack the Ripper, the 19th-century killer whose identity remains a mystery, has been revealed for the first time.

It is too early to say if the IRA will be given a clean bill of health by January, the Independent Monitoring Commission said today.

The Irish Seniors Amateur Open Championship at The Royal County Down Golf club.

Political Editor Harry McGee warns the fires from the IMC report may be uncontrollable

Harry McGee, Political Editor

SENIOR Sinn Féin politicians face the prospect of being publicly outed as leading members of the IRA by the International Monitoring Commission.

Members of the Independent Monitoring Commission set up to observe paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland have appealed to the public not to pre-judge them.

HUNDREDS of family court cases involving children taken into care on the basis of expert evidence that they were at risk of harm could be overturned, British Children’s Minister Margaret Hodge said yesterday.

OVER-THE-COUNTER painkillers can turn unsuspecting users into drug addicts, according to a pharmacist leading an awareness campaign on the danger of such drugs