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Ground breaking 50% increase in organ donors

More than 3,100 lives were transformed by deceased donors in the last 12 months as the NHS hit the 50% increase in deceased organ donation, the challenge set by the Organ Donation Taskforce in 2008.

The figures have been announced by the NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) service.

"This is an outstanding achievement that few thought possible at the time this ambition was set. It...

Police appeal for public help over missing Helston man

Police in Cornwall are appealing for the public’s help in locating a man, missing from the Helston area overnight.

David Hawke-Treener, who is 37, has been missing since last night (Wednesday 10 April) from his home near Manaccan in Cornwall.

Police are becoming concerned for his welfare and have provided details of the car he is believed to have been driving - a red Toyota MR2...

Parliament pays tribute to former PM Margaret Thatcher

Parliament was recalled today to pay tribute to former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher with party leaders uniting to pay their respects.

David Cameron led the House of Commons debate saying Baroness Thatcher, "a conviction not consensus politician", had "made Britain great again" and spoke of how "she had been enormously kind" to him.

The Labour leader Ed Miliband said despite...

Nicholas Hytner to step down as Director of the National Theatre

Nicholas Hytner announced today that he is to step down as Director of the National Theatre at the end of March 2015.

Nick Hytner said: “It’s been a joy and a privilege to lead the National Theatre for ten years and I’m looking forward to the next two. I have the most exciting and most fulfilling job in the English-speaking theatre; and after twelve years it will be time to give...

Families pay tributes to 3 year old and 2 teenagers who died in Honiton house fire

The families of the 3 year old boy and two teenagers who died tragically following a house fire in Honiton, have paid tributes to the three.

Police have confirmed the identities of the three young people as Harvey Bennellick, aged 3, Rosie Bennellick, 17 and Andy Gunn, 18, from Bishopsteignton who was Rosie’s boyfriend.

The family of Andrew Gunn paid the following tribute:...

UK reaches one billionth music download

A significant milestone for the UK music industry has been reached with the one billionth download single sale, according to the Official Charts Company .

Nine years after the launch of legal downloads in the UK, the figure was reached on Monday evening.

Adele's 'Someone Like You' has been confirmed as the most downloaded single of all time. The Official Charts Company has also...

"Disgraceful" celebrations after Margaret Thatcher's death

More than 100 people gathered in Brixton last night to celebrate Margaret Thatcher's death.

Some scaled the nearby Ritzy Cinema and changed the film listings to read "Margaret Thatchers dead" (sic).

Pictures of anti-Thatcher graffiti scrawled on walls of the London suberb also appeared on Twitter, with one reading: "You snatched my milk! & our hope" and there were reports...

Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher dies aged 87

The Prime Minister David Cameron has led tributes to his predecessor, Baroness Thatcher who has died aged 87 from a stroke.

Describing it as "a truly sad day for our country", Mr Cameron said "we have lost a great prime minister, a great leader, a great Briton".

Baroness Thatcher's spokesperson Lord Bell announced her death, saying "It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol...

Honiton house fire claims lives of two teenagers and three year old boy

The 3 year old boy seriously hurt in a house fire in Honiton on Friday died in hospital in Bristol on Saturday.

The tragic death follows the announcement that two teenagers had died on Friday at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

At around 7.48am on Friday 5 April, emergency services were called to a reported house fire at a property in Lee Close, Honiton.

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