UK News: Evidence 'hacking still going on last year'

LEGAL documents indicating that alleged phone hacking at The News of the World may have been taking place as late as last year emerged today.

The BBC said it had seen a court order relating to the case of Kelly Hoppen, the stepmother of actress Sienna Miller.

Scrapped aircraft warning

SCRAPPING the RAF's Nimrod surveillance aircraft will leave a "massive gap" in British security, former defence chiefs warned today.

The controversial decision to get rid of the 4 billion fleet was taken on cost grounds.

A number of service chiefs signed an open letter today warning of the move.

Coalition most trusted to get UK out of crisis

PRIME Minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne are more trusted to see Britain through the economic crisis than their Labour counterparts, according to a new poll.

The survey, conducted by ComRes, also revealed people believe the poor, rather than the rich, will be hardest hit by the austerity measures.

According to the poll of 2,000 people, 37 per cent trust Mr Cameron to dig the country out of its financial hole.

Threat to nursing homes

STANDARDS in nursing homes across the country could drop as owners come to terms with public sector spending cuts, the chairwoman of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) warned today.

Dame Jo Williams said less money to spend on staff training, repairing dilapidated buildings, and on entertaining residents, may lead to deteriorating conditions.

Keys follows Gray out door

TV presenter Richard Keys is today adjusting to life after Sky Sports, having joined former colleague Andy Gray in losing his job over the football sexism row.

Keys announced his resignation last night, following the sacking of Gray on Tuesday.

Portsmouth: A man who weighs 20 stone says he intends to put on weight because he is not fat enough to qualify for weight-loss surgery. Darin McCloud was told he did not qualify for a gastric bypass because he did not meet the criteria for the operation. The 45-year-old now plans to go on a get-fat-quick diet.

Wrexham: Europe's biggest manufacturer of solar panels is to create 300 new jobs at a plant in the UK. Sharp said the expansion in Wrexham, North Wales, follows the extension of production facilities, increasing the workforce to 1,100.