The Conservatives have moved to dispel any suggestion of a rift in the coalition over health reforms 4:40pm UK, Sunday February 12, 2012 Peter Spencer, political correspondent For David Cameron, this is the most high-risk high wire act of his premiership

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), Britain's longest established independent economic research institute, said Britain would be in technical recession as the economic think tank predicted the British economy would remain flat

MEN Sports editor Peter Spencer will be online at 12 noon to discuss all the latest hot topics. Will Manchester City hold onto their lead at the top of the Premier League or will Manchester United's experience tell? Peter will be online at 12 but feel fr

6:43pm UK, Friday February 03, 2012 Peter Spencer, political correspondent Chris Huhne left Cabinet with the same defiance he has had conducting much of his political life. He says he will fight and win the case against him. And prove he did not persuade

One in every 100 school children suffer from ME New research estimates that one in every 100 secondary school children suffer from undiagnosed myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) which results in significantly increased educational absenteeism. The study publ

23 January 2012 Last updated at 09:34 ET A jury has heard how police looking for stolen computers at the home of a school's IT manager found nearly 400,000 indecent images of children. Jeffrey Gravelle, 53, had been spotted on CCTV carrying boxes at Coed

MEN Sports editor Peter Spencer will be online for a live webchat at 12 noon today to discuss all the latest hot sporting topics. Have City got over their blip, is the return of Paul Scholes a master stroke by United and will there ever be an end to the

Brian Davis lifted the blue tarp that covered his Occupy Delaware abode on Monday, showing where ice had accumulated on his tent during the frigid overnight hours. The 21-year-old Milford man spent part of the day clearing chunks of ice from his tent, to

In a leaked confidential letter, Britain's Education Secretary called for a £60 million royal yacht to be donated by the public to the Queen for her to enjoy this upcoming Diamond Jubilee marking 60 years of her reign. The idea floated by Michael Gove w

ONE of the country's most respected economists has urged North East exporters to wake up to the risks of doing business with Europe or face a "nasty shock" in the year ahead. The economist behind a major national report published today, which warns that

Britain is already in the grip of a double-dip recession and the economy will not pick up until 2013. Those were the stark conclusions of major reports out today from two of the country's most respected forecasters. The Ernst & Young Item Club and the Ce

The Ernst & Young ITEM Club and the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) both believe that gross domestic product (GDP) shrank in the final quarter of last year and will fall again in the first three months of 2012. A recession is defined as

This jobless toll would represent 9.3 per cent of the labour force, or nearly one in 10 of those who can work. The gloomy prognosis from the influential think tank is worse than its previous forecast that the figure would peak at 2.7million in the wake

Manchester Evening News sports editor Peter Spencer will be online at 12 noon today to discuss all the latest hot topics, including United's poor form going into Sunday's derby. The webchat will take place within our rolling sports blog. Feel free to sub

Manchester Evening News sports editor Peter Spencer will be online at 12 noon on Thursday to discuss all the latest hot topics. The webchat will take place within our rolling sports blog. Feel free to submit your questions in advance by clicking on the b

MEN Sports editor Peter Spencer will be online at 12 noon to discuss all the latest topics as City and United lead the Premier League at Christmas. Who will get the better of the battle in the new year and can we expect any January signings - here's your

MEN Sports editor Peter Spencer will be online at 12 noon to discuss all the latest topics as City and United lead the Premier League at Christmas. Who will get the better of the battle in the new year and can we expect any January signings - here's your

It’s become the most talked about BBC Sports Personality of the Year event ever ... and for all the wrong reasons. Unless you’ve been on another planet, you will know Thursday’s event – coming to you live for the first time from MediaCity at Salford Quay

Tweet The Deputy Prime Minister does not want family life to return to the 1950s 3:06pm UK, Sunday December 18, 2011 Peter Spencer, political correspondent If the old adage all publicity is good publicity has any truth in it, Nick Clegg must surely be on