Trust reveals tallest tree in UK
5:42pm Wednesday 8th February 2012
Measuring a tree the same height as eight double decker buses is no easy task but not one the National Trust has shied away from.
Wed, 8th Feb 2012
National News
Redknapp cleared of dodging tax
5:36pm Wednesday 8th February 2012
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.
Hacker 'in terror' over extradition
3:28pm Wednesday 8th February 2012
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.
Pay to freeze for MPs in 2012/13
3:05pm Wednesday 8th February 2012
MPs' pay is to be frozen at £65,738 for 2012/13, it has been announced.
Airport tweet 'made law look silly'
2:56pm Wednesday 8th February 2012
A man found guilty of sending a "menacing tweet" was the victim of a legal "steamroller" that threatened to make the law look silly, it was argued at the High Court.
Gazza's phone-hacking 'distress'
1:02pm Wednesday 8th February 2012
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.
Mills will give evidence to Leveson
12:25pm Wednesday 8th February 2012
Heather Mills is to give evidence at the Leveson Inquiry into press standards, it has emerged.
Met in gang crime crackdown boost
12:18pm Wednesday 8th February 2012
Scotland Yard is to nearly double its resources for fighting gang crime in a renewed crackdown on the problem.
Falkland military claims rejected
11:57am Wednesday 8th February 2012
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.
Harry Redknapp cleared of tax dodge
11:51am Wednesday 8th February 2012
Harry Redknapp has been cleared of taking bungs in an offshore tax dodge.