Thieves cut a square into the window of Griffin's Jewellers in Bridlington to steal around 100 diamond rings worth £400,000. The daytime raid took one minute and jewellery was left littering the pavement.

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) boss Martin Wheatley said they have cut the cost of short-term loans after complaints they cause misery for people mired in debt.

The battle for a controversial new runway at one of Britain's two biggest airports intensified today, as airports tsar Sir Howard Davies warned of soaring costs at both sites.

Your readers will recall that in April you serialised a book by Rochdale's Labour MP about the late Cyril Smith, in the course of which under the repeated headline 'monstrous cover up' you published several photographs of me with Smith which readers may have thought implied that I was part of that cover up.

Stephen Sutton of Burntwood, Staffordshire, will be posthumously awarded an honorary degree from Coventry University after his campaign raised £5m for research into cancer.

Six-year-old German shepherd cross Molly was found crumpled in a heap by her owners at their home in Folkestone, Kent, after she guzzled a litre of the creamy liqueur.

Nottingham-born Lieutenant Percy 'Clem' Clements became one of the most highly-decorated airman of the Second World War for his heroics and acts of bravery.

Hugs have been banned from Downton Abbey by an expert in order to keep the show historically accurate, but occasionally it does break with convention such as during Lady Mary's night of passion.

Paul Ford, 52, spent five years on his DIY replica inside an old factory in his in-laws' garden in Cambridgeshire - and is still flying it despite narrowly avoiding death in a crash last year.

The quick thinking pilot was forced to take evasive action after the hot air balloon was blown off course and sent on a collision path with Chesterton Windmill in Warwickshire.

Rowan Williams claims that there is no reason to 'panic' over the use of the niqab and that even young children do not necessarily need to be able to see their teacher's face.

The corporation had intended to broadcast Panorama, Fake Sheikh: Exposed at 8.30pm, including recent images of the undercover reporter.

The Prime Minister said he would use the G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia, this weekend to tell the Russian President that Britain does not want another Cold War.

The new approach came after researchers from Bristol and Nottingham universities discovered a molecule which plays a key role in aggressive prostate cancer.

Nigel Farage faces questioning by Scotland Yard over claims his alleged 'mistress' Annabelle Fuller falsely accused Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen of sexual assault.

George Osborne did not see the funny side of an outrageous 'nude Chancellor' practical joke at a drink-fuelled summit for MPs at the Heythrop Park Crowne Plaza Hotel in Chipping Norton.

Lords Leader Baroness Stowell used George Clooney to explain how a man who married another man could only sue for adultery if his partner had sex with a woman, not a man.

Gill Rowe wore her father's medals to church every Remembrance Sunday for the last 16 years, but could not this year after they were stolen from her home in Bromley, Kent.

The distinguished collection of medals were found by Royal Navy veteran Cliff Palmer - who posted a picture of the collection on Facebook sparking a campaign to find their decorated owner.

Don Jones, 89, faces a £70 fine for parking outside his home after Swansea Council ruled the decorated war veteran is no longer frail enough for a disabled blue badge parking permit.

The flagship Better Care Fund policy, aimed at improving home care for the elderly so they do not end up in hospital, was branded a 'shambles' by Labour MP Margaret Hodge.

Sky executive Nick Milligan, 51, (right) and daughter Emily (left) were on the boat in Padstow, Cornwall, on May 5, last year with the rest of their family when they were thrown into the water.

Daniel Laurikietis, who taught at Haslingden High School in Lancashire, began contacting the girl when she was 15, and three years later he invited her to his house where he performed a sex act.

James Bird, 53, from Leyland in Lancashire, denies the charges. He is suspended from his job at a Preston primary - the alleged incidents are believed to have taken place at another school.

Paedophile doctor Myles Bradbury used a pen with a tiny camera fitted inside while examining young cancer patients at Addenbrooke's Hospital, in Cambridge, it has emerged.

The motorist, 23, was allegedly stabbed in the neck, arm and twice in the leg during the incident which occurred on a slip road off Mancunian Way in Manchester just before 3pm.

A 73-year-old man, from Burgess Hill in West Sussex, was driving the silver BMW which travelled in the wrong direction on the A23 towards Brighton for almost eight miles - but it appears no one was hurt

Staffordshire Police said they received calls from members of the public who heard firearms being discharged following the fight at Parkhouse Industrial Estate, in Chesterton.

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Mystery continues to surround the origin of the 100-year-old fragments of rubber that have been washing up on the shores of Britain and northern Europe for the last two years.

Lukas Irmler from Germany and Reinhard Kleindl from Austria completed the 100-metre crossing on a slack line, after negotiating with officials for several months to get permission.

The majestic owls were caught on camera dive-bombing tree trunks at Stow Maries Aerodrome in Essex.

Emma Fay, 27, from Leicester, spends up to six hours working up each creation including a mandrill, giraffe and tarantula with water-based paint - and two very patient contortionists.

The Landspace Photographer of the Year Awards showcased a spectacular array of images of the British countryside and urban design, with one Glencoe picture taking top honours.

The converted bus, in St Petersburg, Russia, takes groups out for a nocturnal tour of the city, while staging an epic party on board, with leather sofas, a smoke machine and Sixties theme.