Viking ship 'buried beneath pub'

"A 1,000-year-old Viking longship is thought to have been discovered under a pub car park on Merseyside. The vessel is believed to lie beneath 6ft to 10ft (2m to 3m) of clay by the Railway Inn in Meols, Wirral, where Vikings are known to have settled. Experts believe the ship...

Boy, 11, dies in pub shooting

"An 11-year-old boy has died tonight after he was shot in a pub car park in Merseyside. Merseyside police confirmed a boy was fatally shot near the Fir Tree public house in Croxteth, Liverpool. Ambulance chiefs said the victim was taken to hospital with serious gunshot...

Police given greater Taser gun powers

"Police in Northamptonshire will be able to use Taser stun guns in a wider range of circumstances from Friday. They will take part in a 12-month pilot scheme involving 10 forces allowing ordinary officers to carry the stun gun after training. Only firearms officers have until...

Metal-Detector Gloves: Ma'am, Your Bum is Setting Off My Alarm

These newfangled metal-detector gloves "enable a search to be carried out more discreetly"? In what sense? Do they expect British cops to be out playing grab-*ss in public? Uh-oh. Sounds like a privacy nightmare and a porno plot, all in one.I like sci-fi gloves, too, but...

Killer dog was banned pit bull breed

"The dog that savaged to death a five-year-old girl in the early hours of New Year's Day was a pit bull terrier breed banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act, police said tonight."

Ellie killer dog was 'pit bull type' police confirm

"The dog that killed five-year-old Ellie Lawrenson was a 'pit bull terrier type', Merseyside Police have confirmed. Ellie was mauled by a dog belonging to her uncle in the early hours of New Year's Day in St Helens."

AJ praises his mates

"He's a modest lad is our AJ, and his latest comments just go to show what a humble man he is, despite being top of the Premier League goalscoring charts and being sorely missed by his England team-mates as they could only draw 0-0 with Macedonia yesterday."