A teenager charged with harassing a 64-year-old, who died following a confrontation outside his home, was remanded in custody when he appeared in court today.

The Government has rejected calls from their own adviser to raise the age of criminal responsibility from ten to twelve.

The Liberal Democrats would not join a government which would slash spending in the next year, according to Nick Clegg.

Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the murder of a man killed while chasing handbag-snatchers.

British Airways’ chief executive today accused union bosses of being “stuck in a time warp” for instigating seven days of strikes.

Ask a Scotsman to list his country’s greatest victories over the English and he will be succinct. Bannockburn 1314; Wembley 1967; Murrayfield 1990. When it comes to that absurdly visceral joy of stuffing the auld enemy, it seems, any distinction between war and sport is insignificant.

It includes a jacket worn by a rock star and the colour palette is limited to the muted tones of black and blue. Fashion designer Deryck Walker’s new menswear collection for Harris Tweed Hebrides, now the biggest producer of the famous Scottish fabric, is about as far from the traditional image of the cloth as it gets.

The killers of James Bulger should not have been prosecuted for his murder, the new Children’s Commissioner says today in a call for the age of criminal responsibility to be raised from 10 to 12 years old.

Prospects for a new industry bringing 10,000 jobs to Scotland are a step closer after a Whitehall decision to finance work on adding carbon capture and storage equipment to Longannet power station in Fife.

Peers who have claimed hundreds of thousands of pounds for homes they rarely visit will escape prosecution through a House of Lords loophole.

When Margaret Thatcher became Tory leader in 1975 her husband said: “They say I am the most shadowy husband of all time. I intend to stay that way and leave the limelight to my wife.” He was true to his word.

The father of the British boy kidnapped in Pakistan is working alongside police officers in England to help to secure his son’s release, it was disclosed last night.

The most colourful and exotic creature in the menagerie at Longleat safari park has decided it is time for a rest.

On the day after David Cameron’s leadership speech at Blackpool, Samantha Cameron was perched on the sofa behind the stage, pregnant with her third child, Elwen.

David Cameron has said that he has spoken to George Osborne “a number of times” about the possibility that he might sack him as Shadow Chancellor.

Jon Venables and Robert Thompson would not have been charged with the murder of James Bulger if the age of criminal responsibility had been 12 when they killed the toddler.

A 104-year-old actress who is the last person alive to have known Thomas Hardy, performed his work last night in an attempt to save a collection of Hardy papers.

There is a scene in Spartacus: Blood and Sand, the sexy American show that will soon cross the Atlantic, in which John Hannah is pleasured by a slave girl, in preparation for enjoying the company of his wife.

Some days the wind rages so hard it seems to bend the steel window frames. Other days are so still that you can hear the rusty squeak of playground swings from the 29th floor.

If the news is anything to go by, it seems a terrible time to be a child. Incest, the murder of a young Facebook fan, paedophile priests and revived memories of the James Bulger killing all make headlines. A child starves to death in Birmingham. Schools fail, numbers of teenage pregnancies and binge-drinkers rise and hoodies hang about, unhuggable, on street corners.

The House of Lords, like the Commons, has suffered big damage to its reputation from a cosy and indefensible system of payments to members. That has created wide scope for abuse, although the vagueness of the definitions has made it hard to pursue criminal action. So the police and prosecuting authorities have been reluctant to become involved and seem keen to shift the blame.

It is a little after dawn in the Moray Firth, 30 miles north of Lossiemouth. In Flyco — air traffic control — high above the deck of HMS Ark Royal, six officers have their eyes fixed on the horizon, and there is an almost tangible sense of expectation.

Portland residents who were told to stay indoors because of a major radiation leak are demanding an apology after the “emergency” turned out to be an exercise.

Danny La Rue, the female impersonator, built a career on fabulous frocks. Yesterday 90 of them (minus those already snapped up by the Victoria and Albert Museum) went up for auction at the Brick Lane Music Hall in the East End of London.

A centuries-old cheese rolling contest has fallen victim to health and safety — but not because of the broken bones and dozens of other injuries sustained each year.