A SENIOR doctor yesterday called for a ban on long, pointed kitchen knives to cut down on the number of stabbings.

A BOY aged 14 was stabbed to death after two groups of teenagers pulled faces at each other, the Old Bailey heard yesterday.

A FRENCH national pleaded not guilty yesterday to the attempted murder of a 14-year-old girl who was stabbed up to 30 times in a park in Chorley, Lancashire on 21 Januar

GORDON Brown's popularity among voters is the same as Sir John Major's at his lowest point and worse than Michael Foot, according to a poll today.

Kyiv city chairman Leonid Chernovetsky expressed readiness to meet with the Prime Minister, BYuT leader Yulia Tymoshenko on the air of any national TV channel. He urged Tymoshenko to tell Kyiv residents about the future work in the Kyiv council

Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Hryhoriy Nemyria told a press conference that the Government had received above 800 instructions from the Presidential Secretariat during the first 100 days of work. "During the first 100 days of work the Government received

Ukraine's Ambassador to the European Union Andriy Veselovsky handed in his letters of credence to European Commission President Jose Barroso, Ukraine's EU mission reported. Cabinet's press service reports.After the delivery ceremony, Veselovsky and Barroso negotiated the vital issues of Ukraine's

President Viktor Yushchenko held a phone conversation with the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. President's press office reports. Sides discussed topical issues of Ukrainian-Russian cooperation. President Yushchenko expounded to his Russian colleague the position of Ukraine on a number of

There will be no early parliamentary elections in Ukraine. As the ForUm's correspondent reports, President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko stated at the NSDC sitting. "We live not in surrealism, but in everyday life and we must answer the challenges of

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko considers that for today Ukraine hasn't formed the effective course directed at reduction of the inflation. As the ForUm's correspondent reports, the President stated at the NSDC sitting. "That what we call the methods of

People's deputy, member of the "Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense" party, Anatoliy Hrytsenko calls upon Head of the State Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko and leader of the opposition Viktor Yanukovych to refuse from the presidential ambitions

Today it is planned to hold the sitting of the Political council of the "Our Ukraine People's Union" party. People's deputy, member of the political party Eduard Zeynalov informed. According to him, such sitting must take place as it has

President Viktor Yushchenko studied results of the survey, conducted on his request by his Secretariat among school graduates, who had passed independent tests. The survey was conducted to determine students' position towards the testing. President's press office reports. Among those

President Viktor Yushchenko came today to a ceremony of opening the Clinic for children ill with HIV/AIDS at Kyiv OHMADYT children's hospital. President's press office reports. In his speech at the event President Yushchenko said: "We are opening the facility

A 16-YEAR-OLD boy was last night arrested on suspicion of murdering a convicted teenage drug dealer who was shot in the head.

A SELLAFIELD worker has been charged with making a nail bomb, police said yesterday.

THE BBC went almost £36 million over the intended budget for its website in the past year, it was disclosed yesterday.

A TEENAGER accused of murdering schoolboy Rhys Jones appeared by video link at Liverpool Youth Court yesterday. The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had

THREE boys and a man were remanded in custody yesterday, charged with the murder of teenager Amar Aslam.

AN ARMY helicopter crashed yesterday, killing both crew members, the Ministry of Defence said.