A teacher is angry about being fined £150 for throwing an apple core out of his car into a hedge.

Prime Minister David Cameron is set to announce £140m in funding aimed at easing the burden of red tape on nurses and midwives.

The government attempts to avoid a low turnout at the forthcoming PCC elections with a series of gritty TV adverts.

Dozens of Conservative MPs have written to the PM with concerns about a planned merger between defence firm BAE Systems and EADS.

A fresh search for missing five-year-old April Jones gets under way at daybreak, as police continue to question suspect Mark Bridger on suspicion of murder.

The 19th annual World Porridge Making Championships will take place in Carrbridge in the Highlands later.

One of the civil servants suspended over flaws in the competition for the West Coast Main Line franchise criticises the Department for Transport.

Former Derry GAA player Joe Brolly is recovering in a London hospital after donating a kidney to fellow coach Shane Finnegan.