Twelve lawmakers told The Times what Congress was really like. Do their answers make a life in public office more admirable and attractive to you? Or is it something you would rather avoid? By ...

The Princess's butlers, Harold Brown and Paul Burrell, were digging a grave. Despite the small proportions of the hole, it was hard work. Both men - now the most famous butlers in Britain after ...

An Old Bailey judge was forced to abandon a £1 million murder trial after jurors became involved in a race row. Judge Ann Goddard set a new trial date today after being told of growing hostility ...

It was made 42 years ago in black and white - and is having the last laugh on a list of distinguished challengers. Experts have chosen Some Like It Hot as the funniest film in cinema history.

With her aptitude for arguing, it was a surprise to many that she had lasted this long. But last night lesbian comedienne Rhona Cameron became the latest contestant to bite the dust in the ITV ...

Nat Rothschild is at the centre of a political storm after alleging Shadow Tory Chancellor George Osborne solicited a donation from a Russian oligarch. Click on the links below to read our stories ...

Researchers have made a major medical breakthrough by developing a vaccine against the crippling digestive illness Crohn's disease. More than 100,000 people in the UK are stricken by the condition ...

This is the heart-stopping moment every motorist dreads. As you drive along the road, a police officer points a laser speed gun towards you. Glancing at the dashboard, you breathe a sigh of relief ...

He told her he had gained a degree in art and English from a university in Kent. It was only after he was arrested - when almost his entire CV was exposed as a deceitful fiction - that she ...

The Queen was distraught last night on the eve of Christmas after one of her favourite corgis was savaged to death by Princess Anne's bull terrier. The dog, called Dotty, launched a ferocious ...

Celebrities travelling on the last passenger Concorde flight told today of their sadness that the supersonic aircraft was ceasing commercial operation. Ms Bussell, who is five months' pregnant ...