BBC chairman Lord Patten yesterday admitted the corporation was 'over-managed' by a vast number of highly paid, jargon-spouting bureaucrats.

Children from homes with the highest traffic pollution levels were three times more at risk than those from the least exposed homes, say Californian researchers.

Silver separations, as they are known, have risen dramatically. Actress Diana Quick, left, was 61 when she separated from Bill Nighy, right, after 27 years together

Midwife Jenny Lee, played by Jessica Raine, pictured, in the BBC1 drama, will go head-to-head with Michelle Dockery, famous as Lady Mary, in Downton Abbey. Viewers will have to make a tough decision or set their recorder.

Nurse Grace Adeleye of Greater Manchester, pictured, was paid £100 to do the operation as the boy's parents were not aware the procedure was available on the NHS

Philip Lee, who is also a practising GP, said the rising cost of 'lifestyle' diseases like obesity risked bankrupting the NHS unless people take responsibility for their own health.

Environment Secretary Owen Paterson (pictured) and two of Nick Clegg's most senior colleagues yesterday warned about the pitfalls of state regulation of the Press.

The law states that an offence is committed when abusive or insulting words are uttered withing earshot of a person ‘likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress’.

Report says a Christmas card has become 'a luxury many can no longer afford', and warns of the impact on elderly people, many of whom suffer from loneliness

A horrifying catalogue of serious errors at NHS hospitals in Scotland has come to light, following a Freedom of Information request.

Months of talks between ministers and insurance companies have reached 'crisis point' as parts of Britain suffered their worst flooding for 70 years.

Andy Ford held back 2ft of flood water by sealing his home in Williton, Somerset, with plasticine following the advice from his neighbour Tad Mandziej, (pictured).

Dan Corns, one of those evacuated in Kempsey, Worcestershire, called the pump failure 'unacceptable' and said somebody had to take responsibility.

The ex-Labour MP was seen drinking at a pub in West End, Southampton only five days after she was deemed too depressed to defend herself in court.

One in ten long-term unemployed on the Government's flagship back-to-work programme opted to go without benefit rather than accept help to get them a job.

Peter Coates, chairman of bet365, has donated £300,000 to the party in the past decade, including £10,000 to Mr Miliband this year.

'He should never have been released from prison': Father of alleged rape victim in Poole, Dorset, slams authorities for freeing serial sex offender suspect Dean Goodwin.

Chris Holding, 24, used his 'sexual wiles' to charm his way into the hearts and homes of successful women he met at trendy London nightspots.

The footage shows Aaron Bradford, 18, pictured, as he skulks around a room in victim Rosalinde Potter's home in Yelverton, Devon, guided by the light from his phone.

PC Kevin Hughes (pictured), a serving officer in the borough of Newham in east London, also likened black men to 'Neanderthals' whilst on patrol with colleagues last February.

Margarita Avramova made a series of blunders after foreign staff were hired at short-staffed Royal Surrey County Hospital, a hearing has been told.

Spurs’ 3-1 Barclays Premier League win was overshadowed by sickening songs about the stabbings of the Tottenham fans in Rome last week.

A man grieving the death of his wife daubed 'I love you' in blood on the wall of St Barnabas Church (pictured) in St Paul's Cray, Orpington, before beginning a violent rampage, a court heard today.

Father-of-three Lee Gray, was allegedly killed at his home in Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley, with a single shot to the back of the head by Martin Fieldhouse, who intended to kill his brother Michael.

Kayleigh Renwick, from Stanley, County Durham, assumed she had developed a kidney infection. She also lost weight and continued to have periods while pregnant.

Abigail Lightbown, 11, from Bolton, died from a brain tumour after parents put her dramatic weight loss down to an eating disorder to look like 'stick thin celebrities'.

Huge efforts are made to ensure our journalism meets the highest possible standards of accuracy but it is inevitable that mistakes do occur.

Tom Monk, 82, started winding the clock of St Nicolas Church in Witham, Essex back in 1969, and has done it nearly 900,000 times without any accidents.

CONTAINS NUDITY: The series - shot by photographer John Crawford between 1984 and 1987 in New Zealand - shows his then wife Carina naked pictured from a bird's-eye perspective.

These beautiful images from the Antarctic appear to show waves that have been instantly frozen as they break, but that is not the case - instead it is blue ice.

The classic video game, one of the first to reach mainstream popularity, was officially released on November 29, 1972 - 40 years ago this Thursday.

South African wildlife rangers captured the hilarious moment a mother lioness launched herself at lion but ended up sitting on his head.

When it came to choosing the person to do the most important non-elected job in Britain Downing Street was leaving nothing to chance.

Yesterday in the Commons, David Cameron was backed by both former Lib Dem leader Sir Ming Campbell and by Wellingborough’s firmly Eurosceptic Tory Peter Bone.

Dame Tessa Jowell has hit back at the suggestion that the original separation between her and husband David Mills back in 2006 was little more than a career-saving exercise.