Stab victim pleaded for his mother The latest teenage victim of London's knife crime crisis pleaded for his mother as he lay dying in the street.One witness cradled gravely-wounded 16-year-old Shakilus Townsend in her arms as he said: "I don't want to die." (04/07/2008) 
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Johnson's deputy mayor resigns post Deputy London Mayor Ray Lewis has resigned amid allegations of inappropriate behaviour and financial irregularities, he announced.Mr Lewis, who was put in charge of leading the capital's policy of youth crime, said he had stepped down in the face of an "avalanche" of allegations against him. (04/07/2008)
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Kinsella stab death: Three remanded The family of teenager Ben Kinsella came face to face with the three youths accused of his murder.Ben's mother Deborah, father George and sister Jade sat in Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court hand in hand as the teenagers appeared in the dock. (04/07/2008)
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Killed youth forced to drink petrol A 17-year-old boy died after being tied to a tree, made to drink petrol and then set on fire, detectives have said.Post-mortem tests showed that Simon Everitt, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, died as a result of inhaling combustible fluid, police said. Officers said the teenager's body had been buried in a ditch. (04/07/2008)
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Theft link probed in murder case The victims of a sadistic double murder might have died for the sake of two handheld games consoles, police have said.French students Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez, both 23, were bound, gagged and stabbed to death in a bedsit in south London on Sunday night. (04/07/2008)
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PM 'bottled MPs' expense reforms' David Cameron has accused Gordon Brown of "bottling" reforms to MPs' expenses amid bitter recriminations over the decision to keep the John Lewis List.The Tory leader dismissed the Prime Minister's excuses for failing to turn up for Thursday night's key Commons votes as "utterly feeble", and claimed Government whips had orchestrated wrecking the changes. (04/07/2008)
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Detention plans repulsive - Geldof Bob Geldof has called the Government's plans for holding terror suspects for up to 42 days without charge as "constitutionally repulsive".The former Boomtown Rats singer hit out as he joined David Davis on the campaign trail ahead of next week's Haltemprice and Howden by-election. (04/07/2008)
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Children's exam results delayed Around 1.2 million children across England will be kept waiting for results to key school tests after administrative chaos delayed the marking of papers, it was announced.Results for Sats tests for 11 and 14-year-olds, due next Tuesday, will now not be delivered to schools until the following week, with some marks not expected to arrive until after the start of the summer holiday. (04/07/2008)
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Legal action threat on badger cull Farmers have threatened legal action if the Government decides not to allow a cull of badgers to tackle tuberculosis in cattle.National Farmers' Union president Peter Kendall said reports that Environment Secretary Hilary Benn was not going to authorise a cull would be "nothing short of a disaster" if true. (04/07/2008)
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New hospital ward for hurt soldiers A new military hospital ward for injured soldiers is to be built, the Ministry of Defence has announced.Defence Under Secretary Derek Twigg announced the plans during a visit to the site of the proposed ward at a new hospital in Birmingham. (04/07/2008)
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