Former N-Dubz singer Dappy will today be sentenced for assaulting a man at a nightclub.

UK banking stocks lost ground today after British business secretary Vince Cable said proposals for a radical industry shake-up would be accepted in full.

Online grocer Ocado’s difficult start to life as a public company continued today after new sales growth figures failed to impress the City.

Amy Winehouse failed to show up in court today to support her husband Blake Fielder-Civil as he was sentenced for trying to evade jail for attacking a pub landlord.

TROUBLED singer Amy Winehouse appeared unsteady on her feet yesterday as she rushed into court, almost missing her husband’s appearance.

TWO babysitters were jailed yesterday for raping a 12-week-old child and taking pictures of the horrific abuse.

Soft drinks group Britvic was today set for life on the stock market after announcing plans to float with an estimated value of £800m (€1.2bn).

NEXT Generation Clubs, a chain of fitness centres backed by JP McManus, John Magnier and Denis Brosnan, saw profits grow by almost £1.8 million (€2.62m) in 2004.

Jarvis Hotels is returning £85m (€134.5m) to shareholders after signing a bumper sale and leaseback deal covering nine of its largest sites.

The BBC is making a factual drama about the Paddington and Hatfield train crashes, which will examine whether privatisation jeopardised safety.

Latest reports suggest there are now five people dead after a train derailed outside London this afternoon.

Police feared that death had returned to the railways today after a three-carriage passenger train derailed, apparently smashing into a railway bridge north of London.

Technology and telecoms stocks are the main casualties on the London Stock Exchange as the FTSE-100 lost 68.3 points.

Railtrack has announced pre-tax losses of £534m after the Hatfield accident in which four people died and the costly programme of track repairs which followed it.

An expert is warning that the Selby rail crash could cost the insurance industry £100m and make it more expensive to travel .

A section of rail in the Hatfield train crash broke into more than 300 pieces, a report has disclosed.

The London Stock Exchange remained focused on the high street during an otherwise sluggish session today.

Barbara Cartland, who sold 600 million books, has left no money in her will.