UK News: Damilola Taylor killer sent back to prison

One of the two brothers convicted over the killing of Damilola Taylor has been returned to jail amid accusations of failings by the probation service.

Ricky Preddie, jailed for eight years in 2006 for manslaughter, was sent back to jail after breaking the conditions of his release.

Miliband backs bonus tax

Labour leader Ed Miliband will today urge the Government to repeat last year's bank bonus tax to fund help for the unemployed and support for the construction industry.

Ahead of next week's Budget, he and shadow chancellor Ed Balls will appeal to George Osborne to do more to bolster growth.

Family seeks answers over 2004 pub murder

Relatives of a man murdered in an attack in a pub are travelling to Wales today in a new move to find his killer.

Kevin Lavelle, 29, was assaulted in the Cricketers pub in Banbury, Oxfordshire in June 2004. The crane operator, from Bootle, Merseyside, was beaten with an iron bar in a gang attack after an argument with some Welsh railway workers. An inquest in 2009 found that the father-of-two died as a result of the injuries he sustained during the attack.

Food exports hit new high

UK food and drink exports broke through the 10 billion barrier for the first time during 2010.

Exports of food and non-alcoholic drinks increased for the sixth consecutive year to 10.83bn, 11.4 per cent up on 2009's level, according to the Food and Drink Federation.

The increase came despite the economic problems in Ireland, which continued to be the biggest importer.

Miller hailed on stage return

Sienna Miller has received dazzling reviews from theatre critics after making her return to the West End following a six-year absence.

The British actress was hailed for her performance in a new production of Terence Rattigan's 1942 wartime play Flare Path.

Wales: A plane crash in which one man died and another was injured could have claimed more lives, locals said.

The light aircraft landed on its roof after hitting a powerline and narrowly missing a house in Trovesend near Swansea yesterday.

London: A judge is today expected to give her ruling in the case of a police officer accused of assault on a boy who fell through a shop window.

City of Westminster Magistrates' Court has heard that Pc Marcus Ballard grabbed the boy and pushed him backwards, before he fell through the window in Bromley High Street.