They have a reputation for sleeping and eating but the UK's only giant pandas have now been showing off their climbing skills after keepers gave them new toys to play with.Read
Conservative MPs have demanded an apology from Labour's candidate for London mayor, Ken Livingstone, after an interview in which he said their party was "riddled" with homosexuals and claimed Baroness Thatcher was "clinically insane" while prime minister.Read
Harry Redknapp has welcomed the final whistle on his bung slur "nightmare" after his acquittal on tax fraud charges cleared the way for him to land football's top job.Read
Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov amid continuing anger at Moscow's decision to block a United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria.Read
Computer hacker Gary McKinnon is "unable to control the terror that consumes his every waking moment" as he fights extradition to the US, his mother said.Read
Russia has to "look at its conscience" following its veto of a United Nations resolution calling on Syria's president to quit, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.Read
The Bank of England is expected to unleash another multi-billion round of emergency support for the UK economy on Thursday despite signs that the UK's financial health may be starting to improve.Read
Ex-footballer Paul Gascoigne suffered "mental harm and distress" after his phone messages were hacked by the News of the World, the High Court has been told.Read
David Cameron has launched a passionate defence of the Government's controversial NHS reforms in the face of Labour calls to drop the troubled legislation.Read
Downing Street has rejected Argentine claims that Britain is creating a risk to international security by "militarising" the long-running dispute over the Falkland Islands.Read