Britain gives Pakistan £1bn to fight extremism

Plans to combat radical madrassas and fight poverty are designed to aid battle by Britain's ally against rising Islamism

Knife crime 'overtakes terror as police priority'

Deputy Commissioner says battle against knife crime has overtaken terrorism as Scotland Yard's No 1 priority

BBC correspondent Wheeler dies

Sir Charles, one of the longest serving BBC journalists, died at home this morning after suffering from lung cancer

Teenager stabbed to death is 18th victim

Shakilus Townsend, 16, shouted 'I don't want to die' as gang descended on him in broad daylight in South London

Spy chief falls into mystery coma

Alex Allan, chairman of the Cabinet Office Joint Intelligence Committee, collapsed at his home and was taken to hospital

Jewish school is cleared in race bias case

A leading Jewish state school has been cleared by the High Court of racially discriminating against the son of a convert

Hug-a-hoody speechwriter mugged by hoodies

Danny Kruger said that he encountered the gang when he and his wife were viewing a flat for rent in Camden, north London

Analysis: Words of reason to cool Muslims row

The Lord Chief Justice's speech went far wider than the issue of Sharia within British society

Terror suspect on bail seven years after arrest

Alleged al-Qaeda operative said to have “direct links” with Osama bin Laden was released on bail from a top-security jail

Jaguar auction revs up to go from 0 - £6m

1960 Jaguar E2A prototype shown at Bonhams auctioneers before going up for sale

Lord Chief Justice lays down law on Sharia

Most senior judge declares there is no place for Sharia courts as all residents are governed by laws of England and Wales

Tempers fly as as MPs block expenses reform

One Labour MP tells David Cameron to f**k off as MPs threw out plans to overhaul their expenses by a margin of 28

No coasting on results, Balls tells schools

Schools judged to be coasting on their good results are to face the threat of direct intervention from central government

Heart-lifting moments for trapped animals

Donkey named Eeyore sparks a two-hour rescue after falling into a well and a bullock survives a 100ft cliff fall

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Archbishop of Canterbury picks up challenge laid down by Bishop of London who has renounced air travel for a year

Sketch: They are John Lewis MPs: never knowingly overpaid

Met's boast sets off police alarm in Glasgow

Advertising Standards Authority rules that the City of Glasgow force had been around longer than the Metropolitan Police

Inquiry as role-play uses ‘blacked-up’ actor

The incident occurred in a recruitment process for candidates applying to be overseas liaison officers for the SOCA

Confused picture of criminality

As career criminals become more aware of the power of forensics, arson is becoming the favoured method to destroy DNA

French families call their children home

Director of the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand Polytechnic said families had expressed concern for safety of their children