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One in five small businesses could shut up shop after a poor Christmas
More than one in five smaller businesses say they will close in the next 12 months if Christmas is below average, a new survey suggests.
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Last of lorry death victims flown home to Vietnam for heart-breaking funerals
The last remains of the 39 Vietnamese who died while being smuggled in a truck to England last month were repatriated to their home country yesterday.
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Obituary: Jonathan Miller
Jonathan Miller, who died last Wednesday aged 85, was a neurologist turned author, art lecturer, broadcaster, director of theatre and opera - and Britain's most established anti-establishmentarian.
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Jihadist gamed the system to bring terror to London
When Usman Khan put pen to paper from his cell at Belmarsh Prison in London seven years ago, he begged for the chance to "prove" he no longer harboured extremist Islamic views.
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Victim was 'on the side of the underdog'
One of the two people killed in the London Bridge attack was a law and criminology course leader described as someone who was always "on the side of the underdog".
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Writer of Harry Belafontecalypso hit Day-O dies aged 95
Composer Irving Burgie, who helped popularise Caribbean music and co-wrote the enduring Harry Belafonte hit Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), has died at the age of 95.
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