When Andy Murray made his way towards his family, friends and supporters after clinching victory, he wasn't looking for a hug. He was looking for his Rado watch. The Scot, who beat Novak Djokovic to become the first British men's singles Grand Slam champion for 76 years, signed a seven-figure sponsorship deal with the watchmaker earlier this year.
The vehicle was travelling northbound towards London on the A3 near Hindhead in Surrey, pictured, at 11.50pm last night. Three people aboard the 51-seat coach were declared dead and remain on coard while several more are very badly injured, Surrey Police said. ...read
Judge Nigel Seed said Nooragha Zadran, 18, had seen so much violence in his home country before moving to Britain that he should not be locked up for his crimes during the London riots.
The number of teenagers joining the two services has plummeted amid fears the Armed Forces are failing to appeal to youngsters.
Indian data entry staff will have access to private information about medical appointments and conditions. A series of hospitals around London have admitted using cheap secretarial agencies in India.
Staff across England and Wales will stick to a six-and-a-half hour day, refusing all non-teaching duties, including putting up classroom displays. The work-to-rule plan forms part of a dispute over pay, jobs, and pensions.
Around 24,000 students sat the English paper and it is estimated that between 15 to 20 per cent of those may have been affected by the belated decision to raise the standard required for a C grade.
The general council of the TUC decided to support a call to consider the practicalities of a general strike as general secretary Brendan Barber (pictured) gave his speech to Congress in Brighton yesterday.
The thugs, armed with iron bars, hammers and bolt cutters, fled empty handed after determined staff shoved the criminals out of the door and chased them away from the showroom in Croydon, south London. At first, two raiders entered the showroom and worker Paul Read pushed them outside when he realised what was happening, top. Then the fight continued outside with more thugs joining the men. Manager Adrian Couzens got one of the raiders in a headlock, bottom left, then pushed the other off his bike, bottom right.
The proposal being mooted by the Law Commission would end the long-standing presumption that former spouses share the proceeds of their marriage equally.
In the 1960s, the average first-time buyer was aged 24. This rose to 28 in the 1980s but now many young people say they do not expect to be able to buy until they are 35.
Temperatures soared to a high of 24.6C at Fyvie Castle, Aberdeenshire, on Saturday, but forecasters predict by next week they could fall to just above freezing at night.
Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania say these proteins may offer a target for drugs that can enhance memory and alleviating symptoms of a range of mental health diseases.
The Prince arrived in Helmand last week for a four-month mission flying helicopters. He is based at Camp Bastion in the volatile Helmand province.
As the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge begin their nine-day tour Asia and the South Pacific they are being propelled into the first diplomatic row of their fledging royal careers.
Denise Robertson, 78, says some women put too much pressure on themselves to deliver at home and in the office and are reluctant to share the household chores with men.
The London Mayor, right, 'high fived' spectators along the parade route as he was treated like a pop star, while the Prime Minister, left, delivered a low-key speech which was received with far less enthusiasm. Mr Cameron was left to watch as Mr Johnson, who has emerged as the favourite to succeed him as Conservative leader, whipped onlookers into a frenzy.
More than 90 per cent of British medal winners will be among 750 athletes carried on 21 floats in celebration of what has been termed Our Greatest Team.
A study suggests that the die is cast for obesity at a young age and that prevention is the best way to control the obesity epidemic.
Swallow a piece of chewing gum and it will take seven years to pass through your gut before it is digested. Or so they say. Here, we reveal what actually takes place.
The Australian researchers claim that rather than always going to comfort babies, mothers and fathers should follow certain techniques that teach them to settle themselves.
Finishing full-time education and training at an older average age is the main reason why people are having their first child later in life, scientists at the University Of Southampton said.
German researchers studied 52 people with an average age of 44 who were being treated for severe depression at an inpatient facility.
New Tory enforcer Andrew Mitchell has leapt to the defence of Anna Soubry (pictured) despite backbenchers demanding she be reined in.
Mr Johnson was forced to respond today after Tory Zac Goldsmith offered his west London seat to him if the Government forces through plans for a third runway at Heathrow.
Tory party chairman Grant Shapps is said to have deleted details about his time at Watford Grammar School for Boys, where Wikipedia claimed he 'obtained four O-levels'.
Jeremy Hunt's promotion to the role of Health Secretary despite his controversial relationship with Rupert Murdoch has raised some eyebrows among high-ranking Liberal Democrats.
The Business Secretary will set out the first details of plans for the Treasury to sponsor a new lender at a speech in London today.
Upset Oli Beale pinned a newspaper-style review to the board in the communal area of his Hackney block of flats with timings and titles of songs sung, how it was performed and a rating out of 10. After the 'singing/screaming' finished at 9.10am, his final message to his east London neighbours was simply 'I hate you'. ...read
A Dutch couple staying at the the three-star Village Camping Europa site in the village of St Jorioz said they noticed the smartly dressed man there at the same time as the Al-Hillis.
Caroline Shearer said her son Jay Whiston, who was stabbed while trying to protect a friend during a party in Colchester, Essex, was 'kind, loving and honest'.
The girl, who had been reported missing, was found with serious injuries in a bin to the rear of a block of flats in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, on Saturday.
Andrew Partington, 27, pictured, who sustained serious injuries in the explosion, was bandaged and wearing a back-brace as came into the dock at Oldham Magistrates’ Court.
Kweku Adoboli, 32, of Whitechapel, east London, is accused of the biggest banking fraud in British corporate history while working for Swiss Bank UBS.
Bryan Harris, 45, from Newton Abbot, Devon, was found guilty of murdering Paul Drury, 32, after waking in teh night to discovering him with girlfriend Dawn Lewis, 46 (pictured).
Denise Scott and her two daughters (left), from Stamford, Connecticut, had always believed their husband and father Randy (right) had been killed on impact on 9/11 - but years later she learned of a note in his handwriting that read: '84th floor. West Office. 12 people trapped.' The note was found on the ground outside the Twin Towers but it was too late - the buildings had crumbled. The medical examiner's office identified it as Randy's through a smudge of his blood on the paper and contacted his stunned wife and three daughters.
Tudor Grange Academy, a 720-pupil school in Worcester which permanently excluded 15 pupils in one year, wants to convert a disused office block into an 'alternative education' facility.
Christian Lewis, 32, and his daughter Caitlin lived in his Volkswagen Bora after they were evicted from his flat in Swansea. The Department of Work and Pensions has promised to pay his arrears in what it described as a 'deeply regrettable situation'.
Ian Chaundy, 48, pictured, is accused of shoving Paul Carscadden, 40, off a pavement in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, following 'teasing and banter' on a night in June 2011.
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Alan Elliot from Appleby in Cumbria met his sister Ashlee Foster after she flew in from Canada to surprise him. The pair did not grow up together as Mr Elliot was given to his mother's friend after he was born out of wedlock.
Xavier Gordon-Brown, from Haywards Heath, Sussex - who can recite 2,000 digits of Pi - is studying for a maths degree after gaining his A* GCSE aged eight and passing his A-levels in 2010.
Stephen Jones, 62, was turned away three times in two weeks after taking three 150-mile round trips to a Plymouth hospital for heart bypass surgery.
Just 23 months ago, Margaret Valsechi’s 26-year-old son Stephen died in an accident. In her grief, she decided to donate his organs for transplant. It was a decision that was to save 26-year-old Bobby Doherty’s life. Born with a heart defect, he’d become increasingly ill over the previous two years, his condition deteriorating so rapidly he’d spent the past five months in hospital waiting for a transplant. Without it, he had possibly only weeks to live.
A male would-be juror could be prosecuted because he said he hated gay people and foreigners so could not be impartial during a trial at Southampton Crown Court, pictured.
Karen Cosford, 47, said she was forced to write the letter addressed to convicted rapist Brian McBride an inpatient at Wakefield Prison where she worked.
Karmal Mustafa dishonestly claimed income support, council tax and housing benefit while working over a seven-year period, Bristol Crown Court, pictured, heard.
Ricky Guest-Binns, 44, suffered a fatal bleed to the brain after he was felled by a blow to the side of his head from roofer Allan Glenny, 24, pictured, at the shop in Blackpool.
Kifueni Kadiabioko was arrested after being after being spotted at Euston station by the aunt of the 12-year-old girl he had sexually assaulted in the West Midlands nearly eight years earlier.
The woman admitted child cruelty after leaving her 20-month-old locked in her Sandwell flat, and was given a suspended sentence at Wolverhampton Crown Court (pictured).
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