The company said the acquisition of Meantime Brewing Company would give it exposure to the rapidly growing British craft beer market .

Niya and Neha Rethishkumar, 13, were found dead at a house in Chadwell Heath, east London, with their mother Shighi Kotuvala. Father Pullarkattil Kumar was later found hanged

The 227,805 foreign vehicles which failed to pay during the new toll system's first four months of operation account for a quarter of all foreign cars and lorries going through the two Dartford Tunnels.

Julia Welch, from Totnes, Devon, was completely baffled when a letter addressed to 'the representatives of Mrs Julia Welch' arrived from Tesco Bank.

EXCLUSIVE: Fishing with electricity, using a Apple products and expressing 'scorn' towards your billiards rival are some of the acts forbidden by ISIS, an incredible list of documents has revealed.

Isobel Varley, who held the Guinness World Record for the most tattooed female pensioner, died on Monday in her hometown of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, aged 77 following a long battle with Alzheimer's.

Outspoken Katie Hopkins, 40, posted a series of insensitive messages on her Twitter account, branding a nine-year-old autistic girl a 't***', while watching new Channel 4 programme Born Naughty?

More than 16,000 people with criminal convictions have applied to work in British classrooms in the past three years, despite racking up more than 44,000 offences between them.

Scientists at the University of Surrey discovered their new non-invasive test can determine whether cocaine has been ingested, rather than just touched.

The study of more than 2,000 adults by LV= home insurance suggests more than 9.5 million Brits spent money in secret last year, or fibbed about the true cost of an item.

Laboratory tests found that products sold under the Boots Soltan and Hawaiian Tropic brands offered only two-thirds of the sun protection stated on the label.

When the details of Daniel Howe's crimes were read out, even the judge was profoundly shocked - not by the crime, but the fact the teenager's stolen sausage roll cost an eye-watering £3.

Since David Cameron was elected, Prince Charles has had 47 meetings with Cabinet ministers and 21 with junior ministers - more than one a month - according to research.

Road-safety experts say not enough is being done to advise elderly drivers about their fitness to stay behind the wheel - with some a danger on the road.

Post office bosses have already moved 1,000 stores to supermarkets, petrol stations and even pet shops in order to replace dedicated small town branches and cut costs.

Inspectors rated the care provided by private firm Central Nottinghamshire Clinical Services (CNCS) as 'inadequate'.

One in eight British workers admitted to hiding to avoid having to enter into small talk in the office, and more than a third claimed to dodge conversations with co-workers on a daily basis.

Sir Michael Tugendhat warned human rights laws did not guarantee the right of believers to speak up for their faith, comparing today to the position of Catholics found themselves in under Elizabeth I.

The 1994 painting, showing 280-pound Sue Tilley (right) sitting naked on a sofa, was sold to a London art dealer at Christie's in New York on behalf of an anonymous buyer.

Alice Prochaska, principal of Somerville College, said there had been a rise in reports of groping at college parties, rape jokes overheard in communal areas and students forced into sexual activity.

Research shows 79 per cent of people want the freedom to design their own home how they want it and a third want to build their own home so they can make it a Mecha to modern gadgetry.

The sit-in aimed to save allotments from demolition to make way for a new £200million MetroBus route in Bristol but the council had to pay for two High Court orders and a specialist rescue team.

Nigel Farage, 51, has insisted that finding a new Ukip leader would be a 'massive, massive mistake' with an EU referendum looming and hit back at recent criticism from his party members.

Andrew Dunlop - who played a key role in the No campaign in last year's independence referendum - was handed a Tory peerage and appointed as a junior minister at the Scotland Office.

The Chancellor has promised a 'revolution' in the way England is governed, and has set the blueprint for a so-called 'Northern Powerhouse' by granting sweeping powers to Manchester.

The former party president, said he had spent the last six days listening to hundreds of party members who have been urging him to stand to succeed Mr Clegg.

Men in their 70s and above who exercise for 30 minutes six times a week can lower the risk of death by up to 40 per cent, a new study by the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences in Oslo has revealed.

A 100g serving of avocado provides 10 per cent of the recommended daily allowance of vitamin E, which a new study has found may help minimise the effects on the lungs of exposure to smog.

An article of 10 February, "Gipsy great-grandfather's body could be exhumed", initially reported that Burbage Parish Council were to consider if Shadrack Smith...

Tests on male farmers in the remote Bolivian rainforest - who generally have much less testosterone - found that advanced cases of prostate enlargement were virtually no-existent.

They should be happy about winning their seat and arriving at the Houses of Parliament but 53 new Labour MPs take their seats in the Commons after the party's worst election result for 30 years.

The Prime Minister, speaking on a rare walkabout through London's Hyde Park this afternoon, said he was 'very confident' he would not be the last leader of a united Britain.

Collette Bell wept at a press conference in Edinburgh and demanded answers over the death of her boyfriend Sheku Bayoh, who lost consciousness while being detained by police.

Deb Jarvis was waiting for a fitness class at the Stour Centre in Ashford in Kent, when she leaned back on to the metal railings, placing three of her fingers through the holes and couldn't free them.

Sophie Washington was walking in Hyde town centre, in Greater Manchester, when a stranger grabbed her two-year-old daughter, Millie, and tried to walk off with her.

Isla Baring was prosecuted for using the disabled parking permit belonging to BBC broadcaster John Amis on four occasions outside his Chelsea flat.

Bertha Duckworth, 88, took her life near the docks at Barrow, Cumbria, as she 'couldn't carry on alone' after the death of her husband, Roy. She then left her house (pictured) to her decorator.

Shighi Rethishkumar, 37, died this week in an apparent murder-suicide carried out by husband Pullarkattil, 44, who also killed the couple's 13-year-old twins Niya and Neha.

Kim Chilvers, 54, from Harrow, was diagnosed with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, after a mark on her right cheek started to darken suddenly.

Dawn Jackson, from Blackpool, assumed she was healthy until her baby died in the womb. A month later she collapsed and doctors discovered a blood clot, and cancer in her liver which had spread.

Drug dealers Rishe Campbell, 19, Shomari Mkini, 16, and Idris Abdulle, 17, were jailed for a total of at least 50 years for the murder of 31-year-old Warren Ramdeen at his west London flat.

Steven Young, pictured, subjected his neighbours Peter and Lesley Raymond to a campaign of nuisance and harassment after they bought his former family home, Lin Cragg Farm in Cumbria.

Lakima William-Thames, 20, screamed threats as she launched a viscious attack at two Lambeth College students in front of horrified onlookers on Clapham Common.

Paul Greaves, 56, of Nottingham, is accused of stealing £113,000 from a locked exhibit store in the old wine cellar at Warwickshire Police's old base in Leek Wootton.

Stephen Yabsley, 53, was arrested last night after the stand-off at his flat in Kingsbridge, Devon. He posted live updates and pictures from the scene.

Convicted paedophile Tony Alleyne spent more than a decade painstakingly transforming his flat in Hinckley, Leicestershire, into a replica of a spaceship from the cult TV programme.

Olive Stevens, 88, was knocked over by her own car in a rubbish-strewn country lane in Chelsfield, Kent, pictured with her son, Michael Fenton Stevens who sang 'The Chicken Song'.

Naomi Eades (pictured) spotted her boyfriend's ex-partner Gemma Bradley in a busy cocktail bar in Worcester. When they met in the toilet, she threw a glass at her face, leaving her with noticeable scars.

Defence sources dismissed the claims made by the Nepalese government and said the Chinooks would be able to drop aid from the air and had the expertise needed to assist the relief effort.

The Prime Minister has told how he has relatively regular meetings and correspondence with Prince Charles, as he defended the heir to the thrones right to lobby politicians.

The Students' Union at Aberystwyth University claim the policy of putting Bibles in rooms could be 'offensive' to non-Christians, but Bible group's have branded the ban 'illiberal'

Newcastle United defender Fabricio Coloccini is planning on building a new three-bedroom house in the grounds of his £1million property near a beauty spot in the city.

West Midlands police and crime commissioner David Jamieson has been told he has 'serious questions' to answer. He gave a £60,000 contract to an organisation that no longer legally existed.

The Prince of Wales and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall smiled broadly as they met crowds in Liverpool before the heir to the throne signed a visitors' book with his now famous scrawled handwriting.

The monster - which was just 2lbs off the British record - was landed at Plymouth Fisheries, Devon, by the inshore trawler 'Hope'.

The apartment in Rome's exclusive Parioli district is where the legendary director spent his most successful years and is now on the market.

The quirky property in Leek, Staffordshire, has been converted into a state-of-the-art home and comes complete with an octagonal-shaped lounge, a games room and five bedrooms and bathrooms.

The clip shows how the authorities at the French port have become overwhelmed by the sheer numbers trying to start a new life in the UK.