The mum of a young woman murdered in India has launched a petition calling for Boris Johnson to intervene - after more than 100 failed scheduled court hearings. Kate Groves is urging the Government to lodge a complaint about the way in which her daughter Sarah's trial has been handled. More than 5000 people have already signed the petition which is calling on the Indian authorities to treat Sarah's trial with respect. It also outlines the family's aim to recall...

British scientists are in a race to study a mysterious ecosystem that has been hidden beneath an Antarctic ice shelf for up to 120,000 years. Members of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are hoping to study creatures and bacteria that lived beneath a giant iceberg four times the size of London. The iceberg known as A68 'calved off' from a long ice shelf in the northwest part of the Weddell Sea, also known as the Larsen Ice Shelf exposing the...

TLE have had ears on Rolo Tomassi's upcoming album, the cheerily-titled Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It, and to say we're impressed with what's coming our way is an understatement. For listeners who might have felt a little put off by the band's penchant for bewildering time signatures and throat-shredding vocals, allow latest single 'Aftermath' to entice you back into the fray. The band have just released the video for the track, which is the second single to be...

A gin heir dialled 999 complaining his 95-year-old mother had gone "crazy mad" after she told neighbours he assaulted her following an argument, a court heard. Sir Walter Gavin Gilbey, 68, allegedly 'hurled' his mother, Lady Elizabeth Gilbey, from a chair causing significant bruising on August 26 last year. Lady Gilbey previously told Horsham Magistrates' Court she fled to her neighbours' home after the attack, before police were called by her housekeeper five days later. The court today heard a...

A GP surgery that serves 6,000 patients is to close claiming the business is "no longer financially viable'' because of pressure on services. The surgery which has been running since 1982 is shutting following a "decline in patient size list" and "a fall in NHS income". Number 18 Surgery in Bath, Somerset has issued a letter to its patients this week announcing the closure because of “recruitment issues and financial pressures”. It says: "We are writing to let you know...

An unexploded German bomb from the Blitz has closed City Airport and the mass evacuation of homes in London's docklands. The ordnance was discovered in the River Thames shortly after 5am yesterday (sun) and specialist officers and the Royal Navy were called. The airport, in east London, remained open during the day on Sunday and flights were not disrupted, with no evacuations or cordons required. But on the advice of Royal Navy bomb disposal experts a 214-metre exclusion zone was...

@BenGelblum A shock report has revealed that British pensioners are now worse off than those retiring in India, China or Chile. Our state pensions are actually the least generous in the developing world, the latest research from the OECD shows. Brits earning the average salary of £26,500 will have to get by on less than a third of that if they are relying on a state pension. They are now looking at just £122.30 a week to retire on. And...

Stephen Pope, 42, crams himself inside the 3ft-wide BT kiosk every night using only a sleeping bag and duvet for warmth

These parcels are stuffed with chopped chicken thighs, served with a dipping sauce of Chinese black vinegar and ginger.