Court cells will be used to house significant numbers of convicts for the first time in a desperate bid to save John Reid from overseeing the early release of prisoners.

Alan Johnson, the Education Secretary, yesterday called on websites to meet their moral obligation to stop pupils publishing cruel and obscene images of their teachers.

Britain’s largest specialist schoolwear retailer has expanded its range of outsized uniforms for sale “off the peg” in response to growing demand from parents who are struggling to find clothes to fit their overweight children.

The Home Office’s headline-generating plan to test a version of “Sarah’s Law”, aimed at alerting the public to paedophiles, was found last night to be a limited pilot scheme offering little different to present arrangements for disclosure of information on sex offenders.

Britons are increasingly likely to live in single-parent families, stay at home for longer, marry later and struggle to afford a house, official figures say.

The Home Office last night disowned plans to pilot a British version of Megan’s Law aimed at sex offenders, after a barrage of criticism from child protection agencies.

The hearing into the conduct of a Registered Social Worker from Rugby will re-convene from 16 to 18 April, held by the social care workforce regulator for England, the General Social Care Council (GSCC).

Patients suffering from heart rhythm disorders will now receive expert care thanks to new specialist nursing posts funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).