A couple who killed their "Westernised" teenage daughter because they believed she brought shame on the family were jailed for life today - nine years after the brutal killing.

A WOMAN convicted of stalking Manchester United footballer Rio Ferdinand failed to appear at her own appeal hearing yesterday.

Former News International chief executive and News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks has been arrested in the investigation into phone-hacking in the UK, Sky News is reporting.

Rebekah Brooks devoted more than half her life to serving the British arm of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation empire.

A man has been charged with the murder of an angler after a body was pulled from a canal during a fishing competition.

Kerry Katona has been bailed on suspicion of assaulting her accountant, a police source said.

Troubled reality television star Kerry Katona was accused of assault today, police sources said.

Three teenagers were found guilty today of the murder of father-of-three Garry Newlove.

THE Filipino bride of a British clergyman has confessed to his murder, police said yesterday.

Celebrity Kerry Katona admitted assault today following a fracas with a woman in a nightclub.

A man who served 25 years for the attempted murder of a nine-year-old boy had his conviction overturned by the British Court of Appeal today.

Kerry McFadden has checked into the Priory feeling “very down” following her marriage break-up.

A teenaged girl has died after falling from a theme park Ferris wheel, British police said today.

The mother of a 17-year-old serving on HMS Illustrious told today of her pride and fear that her daughter may be involved in strikes against Afghanistan.

Hotels group De Vere said today it will trim staff numbers to cope with a fall in demand for corporate and conference facilities.

A former police press officer who tried to claim compensation for the stress of dealing with the James Bulger murder has dropped her case.