Rail misery as Euston shut by cable failure

Virgin and London Midland forced to cancel all trains in and out of one of London's busiest rail stations this morning

Rail chaos to continue across the UK

Passengers face further problems after overhead wires collapsed outside London forcing the cancellation of services

Top Tory's skiing trip embarrasses Cameron

Conservative business spokesman heads for the slopes rather than join Shadow Cabinet colleagues in visits across Britain

Neonatal ward sealed off after baby dies

A bug outbreak at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital has caused the death of a baby and left seven others in isolation

'I'm on the plane'

Mobile phones are now so prevalent, some have begun to question the long-accepted dangers of their use

'£2,000 debt nearly cost me my home'

Mother of three says matter could have been resolved long before it was necessary to issue bankruptcy proceedings

Behind the story: end of the last taboo

Jonathan Evans, to the surprise of Whitehall, is using the centenary of MI5 to justify coming out into the open

Duke gets £280,000 for bridge over his river

The Duke of Beaufort is paid more than £280,000 of taxpayers' money for allowing a footbridge to be built across a Welsh river

One return, once a week

It took several calls and e-mails to the Department for Transport to establish the facts about the "ghost bus" of Ealing

Bailiffs and bankruptcy are common currency

Falling behind with council tax payments is tipping people towards bankruptcy as councils adopt tough approach to debts

Chagall doodles were sign of the times

The great age of the artist as prolific doodler, made famous by Pablo Picasso, began with the leading lights of Modernism

People

Gordon Brown, Cate Blanchett, Helen Mirren, Boris Johnson, Ellie Kendrick, David Baddiel, Paris Hilton

Woman advised to give paracetamol to dying son

A 12-year-old boy died after his mother asked doctors to visit to examine him but was advised to give him paracetamol

Degas’s little dancer stands to fetch a big price

Rare sculpture of a ballet dancer by French Impressionist Edgar Degas could fetch £12m when it is put up for auction

People warned not to skate on the ice

Arctic weather tightened its grip on Britain, leaving thousands of motorists stranded and forcing schools to stay shut

Pensioner may have lain undiscovered for weeks

Eveline Kelmenson, 83, was found dead with her legs bound with duct tape but no obvious injuries on New Year’s Day.

Record cold weather payouts triggered

Temperatures of -11C - colder than the Antarctic - prompt Government to pay £100m to help vulnerable with heating bills

Dawkins launches atheist campaign with bus adverts

Militantly atheist professor backed campaign to place humanist slogans on the side of 800 buses and in London Underground