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Brown provides mortgage safety net for middle classes with two-year loan interest 'holiday' if families fall on hard times Gordon Brown has thrown the housing market a lifeline by offering homeowners facing repossession a mortgage interest holiday.

Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles lands BBC in new bad taste furore by 'suggesting Poles make good prostitutes' The BBC has been plunged into another crisis after Chris Moyles appeared to suggest Poles make good prostitutes. Poles living in the UK have now launched a petition demanding an apology.

Mother of schoolboy, 11, found dead at home had 'money problems' A mother arrested over the death of her son may have had money problems, according to a neighbour. She is seriously ill in hospital after what is understood to have been an attempt to kill herself.

Speaker and two top policemen fight for their jobs after anti-terror raid on Parliament revealed to be 'unlawful' Commons Speaker Michael Martin and two of Britain's top police officers have been left fighting for their jobs as it emerged anti-terror police 'unlawfully' raided Parliament without a warrant.

Street cleaner faces a £10,000 jigsaw after discovering a bag of cut-up cash A street cleaner who found a bag containing £10,000 in cut-up bank notes has been told he can keep the money - if he can piece it together again.

Why another interest rate cut will do nothing for homeowners The majority of homeowners will not save a penny on their mortgage if the Bank of England slashes rates again.

Queen's Speech: Firms free to favour female and black job applicants Companies will be free to discriminate in favour of women and black job candidates under proposed ‘equality’ laws.

Midlands forecast to wake up to a blanket of snow ... EIGHT inches thick Blizzards and drifting snow are expected to wreak havoc across large parts of Britain tomorrow as the spell of Arctic weather tightens its grip.

Queen's Speech: Ban on buy one get one free drink deals Supermarket drink promotions enjoyed by millions of responsible customers are to be banned.

'Suicidal' woman driver knocked down and killed toddler in buggy A woman who knocked down and killed a 15-month-old boy in a pushchair had been trying to commit suicide, it was claimed in court today.

Mown down for nothing: Carjacker who left driver for dead fled empty-handed A mother left horrifically injured when a carjacker mowed her down with her own car was left fighting for life 'for nothing'.

Boy George 'was too fat to be able to attack male escort' The Culture Club singer has gained so much weight since his Eighties heyday that he would allegedly not have stood a chance in a fight against his alleged victim Audun Carlsen.

School cancels nativity play because it interferes with Muslim festival of Eid A primary school infuriated parents after cancelling the traditional Christmas nativity play to make way for the Muslim fesival of Eid.

Jailed for life: The feral teenage girl who stabbed a man in the neck and told her friends, 'Just let him die' A feral teenage girl who stabbed a man in the neck and then told friends 'just let him die' was jailed for life for murder today.

Siamese twin Hope dies and sister Faith is left critically ill after separation operation One of the Siamese twins born to a teenager last week has died - and doctors say her sister has just a 50 per cent chance of survival.

Fraudster boss behind 'Winter Blunderland' to rake in £2million The boss of the ‘Winter Blunderland’ Christmas theme park that has attracted thousands of complaints is a convicted tax fraudster, it has emerged.

'Obsessive and jealous' detective from domestic violence unit 'throttled his policewoman lover' An 'obsessive and jealous' detective sergeant who worked in the City of London police's domestic violence unit throttled his lover and broke her ankle during a violent row, a court heard today.

Police probe death of public schoolboy, 12, killed by hockey ball during game A boy from a leading prep school has died after being struck on the head by a hockey ball during a PE lesson.

Mandelson admits Government has long-term plan to join the Euro Peter Mandelson has admitted he still wants Britain to join the Euro. The Business Secretary said that Labour was clinging on to its long-held ambition to join the single currency.

How we can smell fear... and why it's catching Research has shown that the sweat we produce when we are scared gives off signals that are subconsciously picked up by others.

At the grand age of 127 (that's 27 in human years), is Mischief the world's oldest cat? Maybe he's not very curious. Or perhaps he had more than nine lives. Whatever the reason, at the age of 27, Mischief is one old cat and a whisker away from officially entering the record books.

Drug addict prisoners receive £11,400 'human rights' compensation for being forced to go cold turkey in jail Drug-addicted prisoners have received compensation because their human rights were breached when they were forced to go cold turkey, it was revealed today.

British climber rescued from freezing Spanish mountain after he texted SOS to wife in UK A British tourist stranded on a mountain in Majorca has been rescued after sending a text message to his wife in the UK who called British emergency services.

Ancient city discovered in Amazonian rainforest linked to the legendary white-skinned Cloud People of Peru A lost city discovered deep in the Amazon rainforest could unlock the secrets of a legendary tribe.

The truth about the Tory council education chief who used to be an IRA moll As education chief of a Conservative council, Maria Gatland was one of the most respected members of her community. Until, that is, she was exposed as a former terrorist gun runner for the IRA.

Muslim legal assistant taunted by boss over her headscarf wins £75,000 damages A Muslim legal assistant has won £75,000 damages after being called 'tent 'ead' in an email sent by her boss. The comment was one of several discriminatory incidents that Saleca Parkar suffered.

'Migrant influx' will force up council tax with two thirds of authorities already planning rise Two in three local authorities are planning council tax rises to cover sudden growth in population, a study has revealed.

New car sales plunged 38 per cent last month Sales of new cars fell by 38 per cent last month, official figures will show today.

Language learning now compulsory at only 1 in 5 schools Only one in five state schools now requires 14-year-olds to take a language, a report has revealed.

BBC internet video service tie-up is 'bad for competition', says regulator The latest blow to the BBC's expansion comes as the regulator deems that its plans for an online video service in liaison with Channel 4 and ITV would damage competition.