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An article last week said the Department for International Development (DFID) gave £5.5 million in UK foreign aid for schools in Uganda which the Ugandan government has now closed. In fact ...

Bretony Gallimore, of Manchester, booked a hotel room for Anthony Henry and allowed him to use her phone after he ordered a hit on Kieran McGrath.

Maurice Cooney, 33, of Telford, Shropshire, was forced to raise the alarm at an office building after getting stranded on a tram-only section of the Midland Metro, causing five hours of disruption to services.

Peppi Collings (pictured), from North Tyneside, was left scarred for life by Josh Gray and has called on women to make use of a law that allows them to check if a partner has a record of abuse.

Jobless couple Amanda Heseltine and Richard Connell, both of Nelson, Lancashire, gathered details of those living near them during door-to-door sales rounds to use in the scam.

A three-year-girl saved her mother's life after she blacked-out due to a heart condition. Sofia Hannington (left), of Clacton in Essex, dialled 999 after Patricia (right) collapsed while painting her kitchen.

Angus Cameron tried to kill 56-year-old Susan Brown outside their homes following the row in the village of Headley, Hampshire.

Christine Peggrem, from Dorset, had complained of abdominal pain for weeks but put off visiting her GP. She was later admitted to hospital and diagnosed with bowel cancer last month.

Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney, pictured yesterday, issued a grovelling apology after his drunken antics resulted in the Football Association banning England players from nights out.

As a result, more than 15million households in the UK get frustratingly slow access to the internet, emails and video-streaming services such as the BBC's iPlayer and Netflix.

Claire Fielding, 34, of Bolton, had been taking drugs and alcohol for her condition since 2002, an inquest heard, after 'retreating into her shell' due to the constant buzzing in her ears.

Jack Letts, from Oxford, became the one of the first white British coverts to travel to ISIS-held territory and is understood to have has changed his name to Abu Mohammed.

The BA752 flight to Basel turned back to Heathrow shortly after take-off at 7.45am today.

An audit said spending by the the Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe (ADDE) on polling broke rules which say the money must be spent only on European Parliament business.

Theresa May insisted the usual procedure is not to discuss future Lords appointments in public when she was grilled about the prospect of giving Nigel Farage, pictured, a peerage.

Theresa May has told Chancellor Philip Hammond to make middle and low-income families in the UK a priority in next week's Autumn Statement.

At PMQs, Richard Bacon put in a quirky plea for promotion. She flashed her eyes and gave a little lick of her lips before growling, 'perhaps he'd like to come up and see me sometime'.

The threshold at which personal injury lawyers can take cases to the small claims court would be raised from £1,000 to £5,000 - meaning legal costs are reduced.

Deputy assistant commissioner Steve Rodhouse has been officially told he is under investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

Among the global hopefuls are Simon Berry, 24, from Sheffield. He can be seen dunking a Chocolate Hobnob into a cup of tea just as his bungee reaches its full extension.

The online retailer came in for a barrage of criticism from frustrated shoppers across Britain, many of whom took to the social media site Twitter to post pictures of their over-sized parcels.

The glamorous American actress has become the centre of attention on both sides of the Atlantic since the prince announced their relationship earlier this month.

Liam Denner, from Atherton, Greater Manchester, has left medics baffled with the undiagnosed condition that makes his body attack itself when he eats or drinks.

The man, 33, and woman, 21, were found inside a property on Marldon Road, pictured, in Paignton, Devon. The pair have been named locally as Mitchell Valentine and Katie Wilding.

The fireplace that crushed Jack Miles, three, was attached to a wall 'not strong enough to support it' at a home in Gateshead, with the toddler suffering 'irrecoverable' injuries, an inquest heard.

People born in Britain during the 1980s were the first generation since the war not to start their careers on higher salaries than their parents, warned the Social Mobility Commission.

A criminal investigation has been launched into the attack on Mallika Sherawat, with detectives working on the theory that the assailants were attempting a robbery.

The photographs show an contemporary tribal community near the Brazilian-Venezuelan border the circular shack-like structure is understood to be home to about 100 people.

Celebratory gun fire during a wedding ceremony in India went horribly wrong when one guest was killed and four others were injured, including an 11-year-old girl.

South Korea's financial markets have also been closed and candidates running late have been promised police escorts to help them reach test sites on time.

Tens of thousands of reindeer have died in the Yamal peninsula in northern Siberia due to the ground being covered with thick ice for months leaving the animals unable to graze.