Most staff ‘unhappy with pay rise’

Most workers were dissatisfied with their pay rise and bonus in 2011, with the majority having their wages frozen or even cut, research shows.


Search for Tyne Bridge leap man

A major search operation is under way after reports a man had jumped from a bridge just a few hundred yards from where thousands of people were out celebrating New Year's Eve in a city centre.


Law on assisted dying ‘incoherent’

The law on assisted dying is "incoherent and unsafe" and must be changed, former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Blair has warned.


Crackdown on sublet social housing

Council tenants who sublet their homes to rake in thousands of pounds face prosecution and possible prison terms in a New Year blitz on abuse of social housing.


Things are shaping up nicely for West Brom

Albion kick off 2012 at The Hawthorns tomorrow with defender Jonas Olsson convinced they are in better shape than last New Year’s Day – quite literally.


Crash car lands in front of train

Three people had a miraculous escape after their car crashed through a railway bridge on to the track below, in front of an on-coming steam train.


Lake body is missing 18-year-old

Police have confirmed a body found in a lake is that of a teenager who went missing after a Christmas party.


Officer’s Facebook joke earns warning

An officer with Staffordshire Police has been disciplined after using their own Facebook account to repeat an “inappropriate” comment by a stand-up comic.


Quins leave it late at Exeter

Harlequins bounced back from defeat by Saracens to go into 2012 at the top of the Aviva Premiership following a narrow 11-9 win at Exeter.


FA: Suarez evidence ‘unreliable’

Liverpool's Luis Suarez gave "unreliable" and "inconsistent" evidence to the commission investigating claims that he racially abused Manchester United's Patrice Evra, it has emerged.

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