The Independent Police Complaints Commission has extended its supervision of the investigation following fresh information. The inquiry now includes officers from four forces.

A dog belonging to Lee Peters, master of the Ross Harriers hunt, was killed and a vehicle vandalised at Peters' home near the kennels at Coughton on the Herefordshire-Gloucestershire border.

Lawyers for the former Conservative party treasurer are reportedly seeking the six-figure settlement from the actor, which will then be donated to charity.

Mrs Justice Lang upheld the decision by London Mayor Boris Johnson over the ad which suggested gays can be helped to 'move out of homosexuality.'

Labour party leader Ed Miliband has confessed that the biggest problem facing his party at the next election is public mistrust of politicians.

Over a three-year period, Dr Davinderjit Bains used a secret camera hidden in his watch to film himself performing unnecessary and intimate examinations of hundreds of women patients.

The moves, to be signalled by David Cameron this week, mark a new hardline stance on immigration aimed at reviving Tory fortunes.

A study by data company CACI found streets where wealthy families in £1m homes live 'cheek by jowl' with some of the most deprived households in the country.

In an interview with the BBC's Eddie Mair, a clearly uncomfortable Mr Johnson refused to discuss allegations about his private life.

Infant and primary school pupils are avoiding fatty foods such as cheese, padding their bras and maintaining punishing exercise regimes to copy stars they see on TV and in magazines, a study found.

Self-made millionaire Andreas Panayiotou has described how hard he has worked for his money. The ex-boxer has criticised those who call his £65million home 'vulgar' for looking down on those who make their own wealth.

A new survey has revealed some fascinating insights into dating in the 21st century including how men expect sex on the third date, while women wait until the fifth.

In his new book Levels of Life, the novelist tells how he struggled to comes following the loss of his beloved wife Pat Kavanagh who died just 37 days after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Virginia Eade, right, with her daughter Catherine, who is helping her mother get dating again after her father died, by signing her up for singles' websites.

The cost of paying gold-plated pensions to public sector workers will balloon by nearly 60 per cent over the next five years, official forecasts revealed this week.

The study of 2,000 people found Britons embarrass themselves seven times a week on average with bumping into an ex and thinking you've hung up the mobile phone, but haven't among the most common embarrassing moments.

NHS managers have walked into new NHS jobs weeks after pocketing redundancy payoffs. Chief executive David Nicholson (pictured) them to wait six months before returning because of 'reputational damage'.

Charlotte Davison was carried outside and dumped in the street after she collapsed at a flat in Newcastle in November 2011.

Hundreds have supported Laura Perrins, from south London, who gave up work as a barrister to look after her two children and confronted the Deputy Prime Minister with her views.

The cost of paying gold-plated pensions to public sector workers will balloon by nearly 60 per cent over the next five years, official forecasts revealed this week.

Devizes MP Claire Perry announces her 17-year marriage to Clayton is over, amid warnings one in six Conservatives elected in 2010 have seen their relationships collapse.

The former Spurs goalkeeper, 39, suffered a broken wrist and pelvis in the smash in November 2009.

Peter Scott claimed he stole more than £30 million in his lifetime from the rich and famous, including a £200,000 necklace from Sophia Loren. He lived a flash and lavish lifestyle, but was bankrupt and in a London council house when he passed away.

Geraldine Winner has described how she has been left without any income after the film-director's assets were frozen when he died in January.

A man suspected of supplying the gun used in the quadruple murder in the Alps, in which three members of the British al-Hilli family died, has been arrested in Switzerland.

John Hayes has told power firms he will not allow them to argue they need to increase prices as a result of obtaining extra gas supplies at short notice.

Celebrity hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, who was worth an estimated £100 million when he died, cut his adopted son David (left) out of his will entirely.

Nestle has withdrawn ‘tens of thousands’ of chocolate bars and Easter eggs from sale after people complained of finding plastic in the sweets - just one week before Good Friday.

About 207,000 children aged 11 to 15 started to smoke in 2011, a sharp rise from 157,000 in 2010, Cancer Research UK said.

RAF navigator John Nichol was shot down over Iraq and taken hostage alongside his pilot during the Gulf War. Now he has gone back to see what's changed.

Speaking for the first time since the ordeal, Jessica Davies, who had been travelling alone across India, said she feared for her life when two men tried to force their way into her hotel room in Agra.

David McIntyre lost a legal battle on Friday when a judge dismissed claims that he has PTSD. He is being extradited after being involved in a contract to provide security for a US Peace group in Iraq.

Sophie Brigstocke found out her husband of 12 years was cheating a month after he wrote a gushing first-person piece in a national newspaper, enthusiastically describing his family life.

Just miles from scene of President Obama's Israel visit, Palestinians gather at a spring in their village, until troops arrive to defend Jewish settlers' claims the land is theirs a fire tear gas. Just one reason both sides say a solution is impossible.

Strained relations between Boris Johnson and David Cameron will not be eased when the London Mayor watches Michael Cockerell’s revealing BBC film tomorrow about him and his affair with writer Petronella Wyatt.

JAMES FORSYTH: David Cameron drafted in meek policy minister Oliver Letwin (pictured) in late-night talks about press regulation and has angered fellow Tories.