A nine-year-old girl with underlying health problems has died after contracting swine flu, a hospital said today. It is not yet known whether swine flu contributed to her death and no further details are available, a Birmingham Children's Hospital...

A drunken teenager was condemned by a district judge today for apparently urinating on a war memorial. Brian Measor was seen by police standing over the cenotaph in Hartlepool town centre unfastening his belt and trousers. Hartlepool Magistrates' Court...

Immediate Past President of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), Steve Benson, raised over £40,000 during his Presidential year in support of his nominated charity, Crisis Changing Lives. With all donations safely collected and accounted for,...

It has been confirmed that Peter Marsh, Chief Executive of the Tenant Services Authority will be addressing the National Housing Federation’s National Board Members’ Conference and Exhibition, 5 – 7 February, International Convention Centre (ICC),...

Support for families must address the needs of a growing "sandwich generation" of working women who have to care for both young children and ageing relatives, Harriet Harman will say today. Labour's deputy leader will insist that the family will have...

Unemployment will continue to rise in the new year, Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper predicted today. With figures showing almost 2.5 million people out of work in the three months to September, Ms Cooper said that total would keep growing in...