The peace of a suburban west London street was shattered today as police rammed a digger into the home of a suspected millionaire drug trafficker.

UK furniture retailer ScS Upholstery warned today that tough trading conditions had been compounded by problems at a regional distribution operation.

Victor Chandler have sold 41 of their betting licences – the majority in London and the Home Counties – to rival firm Coral.

British drivers are now experiencing big petrol price disparities, according to figures out today.

POLICE yesterday seized more than half a tonne of ammonium nitrate fertiliser which may have foiled a terror bombing on British soil.

British police today seized half a ton of ammonium nitrate fertiliser in a major anti-terrorist operation.

Several suspected Islamic terrorists were arrested in the UK today in a series of dawn raids across the Home Counties, police said.

Hopes of a breakthrough in the postal workers’ dispute faded tonight as union leaders and managers struggled to resolve a row which has crippled mail deliveries across Britain.

A human resources company claims that shortages of skilled workers has reached record levels in parts of British industry.