Dame Eileen Sills's resignation as National Guardian for NHS whistleblowers was not 'quietly' announced but was also communicated via a press release and on Twitter.

Christ the King school in Bramley, Leeds, introduced the rule to allow pupils time to 'settle down a bit' and because the playground was 'too small'.

Pakistan-born Maulana Syed Ali Raza Rizvi said freedom of worship and the cultural mix in London did more to promote Islamic values than Muslim political leaders elsewhere in the world.

Researchers found that the youngest children in a school year are more likely to be diagnosed with the condition, which affects some five per cent of children in the UK - around 500,000.

Whitehall sources pointed the finger of blame at Michael Gove for allegedly leaking comments made by the Queen at a lunch with ministers at Windsor Castle in Berkshire in 2011.

Perth and Kinross Council has officially redefined what a pothole is, in order to cut its road repairs budget. It has declared potholes must now be 60mm (2.4in) deep before the council fills them.

A sharp rise in migrants entering Europe from Russia has led senior officials to plead with Moscow for help. It comes despite warnings that, by bombing Syria, Russia is 'weaponising' the crisis.

Ministers have been warned that the 'sharp increase' in rough sleeping in London is due to migrants, many from former Soviet bloc EU countries.

Was the PM avoiding the next item on the agenda when he scarpered out of the Commons? This was a question about the bizarre deal the EU seems about to do with Turkey, writes QUENTIN LETTS.

David Cameron raised the case of Gerry Downing during his weekly Prime Minister's Questions joust with Jeremy Corbyn, demanding he be excluded from the Labour Party again.

Lord Reed - sitting with court president Lord Neuberger, Lord Mance, Lord Carnwath and Lord Hodge - observed that 'a great deal of intellectual effort is devoted to tax avoidance'.

It is hoped that the genes will boost blood flow to the placenta, the lifeline between mother and baby, providing the child with the oxygen and nutrients needed to thrive and survive.

Pregnancy rates for over-35s are rising at an unprecedented rate - while conception among under-25s is dropping, a report from the Office for National Statistics said.

While mammograms pick up 18,000 tumours every year, they often miss cancer in women with 'high density' breasts - who are more at risk, the European Breast Cancer Conference heard.

Moaning about bosses and colleagues is linked to cynicism in the workplace and leads to a lack of productivity, according to researchers at Salford University.

The claim from Momentum came as Labour held a fundraising gala. One of the lots on offer as Jeremy Corbyn faced renewed leadership speculation was the chance to swim with sharks.

The Chancellor promised in his Spending review that there will be 'no cuts in the police budgets at all,' but today the UK Statistics Authority said funding was falling by £160m in real terms.

Michael Fabricant made the light hearted apology for using the 'eight letter word beginning with b and ending cks' after his outburst was clearly picked up on the Commons microphones.

Bailey Gwynne, 16, (pictured) was stabbed to death during a fight at Cults Academy in Aberdeen in October. His mother Kate described him as a 'true gent' who made her 'immensely proud'.

Justin Wilson, 37, pictured, who was born in Sheffield, was struck on the head by debris while taking part in the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania last August.

Adele Hanlon, from Bristol has to travel 300 miles each way to visit her son Eddie, who has a range of mental disabilities and mental health issues that means he requires 24-hour care in Newcastle.

Hartlepool United coach Sam Collins, 39, of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, is said to have confessed his infidelity to mother-of-four Claire last night. She is then said to have sent tweets from his phone.

Curtis Elton, 12, from Barnet, was removed from classes at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Hertfordshire, by his mother Hayley Bushell, 42, after he was hurt playing rugby.

Marnie Harvey, from Stoke-on-Trent bleeds from her eyes, nose, ears and fingernails, scalp and tongue up to five times a day, but doctors across a range of specialisms have no idea why.

Halo Rashid, 29, is trying to rescue his loved-ones - including his heavily-pregnant sister and newborn nephew - from the Greek-Macedonian border after they fled Iraq in fear of their lives.

Hugh Doyle was one of smaller players in the plot and offered up his workshop as an exchange point for the handover of stolen goods.

After he admitted his role in the heist, ringleader Daniel Jones offered to take detectives to Edmonton Cemetery, north London to show them where he had stashed his stolen jewels

Angela Whitworth, who has been arrested in Uganda, is suspected of killing her daughter, Sarah Dahane at her home in Bicester, Oxfordshire, in May 2013.

The gang took 18 animals including lions, a giraffe, a zebra, a sloth, a crocodile (pictured) and a chimpanzee in a top hat in the raid on the store in Wandsworth, south London, last week.

Sabrina Winfield, 22, started behaving 'eccentrically' after moving into student accommodation in Southampton, a court heard.

The bodies of Malcolm Green, 70, and his wife Dawn, 69, were found at their home in Newquay, Cornwall, last Wednesday after concerns were raised about their welfare.

PC David Phillips, 34, was left in a 'horrible state' after he was hit by Clayton Williams, 19, while crouching down to deploy a Stop Stick to end a police chase, Manchester Crown Court heard.

Alexander Parkin has admitted supplying drugs after the death in London's legal district. Barrister Henry Hendron, whose boyfriend Miguel Jimenez died, denies similar charges

Research reveals there have been over 30 acts of intimidation in the last five years including students shouting 'slaughter the Jews' and alleged assault during a Nazi-themed drinking game.

The two bodies, which have not yet been identified, were found today behind a social club in the Bushbury area of Wolverhampton, close to a National Grid electricity transmission site.

The presenter was pictured looking healthy and happy at the BBC studios in London just days after announcing she had completed her chemotherapy treatment.

The 29-year-old Leicester City defender was last year convicted of strangling the mother of his child, Stephanie Ward, on the living room floor at her home in Worsley, Greater Manchester.

Personnel from the Royal Navy and RAF have been embedded with the US Marine Corps as they undertake a unique F-35B Lightning II operational training programme in Beaufort, South Carolina.

The results of a survey by charity the NSPCC come less than a week after shamed Sunderland and England footballer Adam Johnson (pictured) was convicted of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl.

More than 2,600 students and parents have signed a 'Free the Bladder' petition calling on Perth Grammar School head Fiona Robertson to apologise and revoke the new rule.

Creators suggested several names for the bar, including Rations, O'Hara and Variety, but eventually settled on Yorkie, because the chocolate bar was made in the Rowntree's factory in York.

Skopje had been allowing small numbers of Syrians and Iraqis through, but is now stopping doing so after its neighbours Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia tightened up their policies.

The rockets were test-fired in Iran's eastern Alborz mountain range in a new show of force by the Islamic Republic as US Vice President Joe Biden visited Israel.