An 18-year-old student admitted today that he threw an empty fire extinguisher off the roof of Millbank tower during tuition fee riots outside Conservative Party headquarters in London.

A student will appear in court today accused of throwing a fire extinguisher from a seventh floor rooftop during the Millbank riot.

Europe’s largest mutual life insurer Standard Life is facing a new threat from a member who wants the society to demutualise, it emerged today.

A former model today accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages in the UK over a claim that she was blamed for the break-up of Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall’s relationship.