UK News: Keith slams 'Brenda' Jagger

KEITH Richards describes fellow Rolling Stone Mick Jagger as "unbearable" in a candid memoir that lays open their fraught relationship.

In his autobiography, Life, the musician reveals his nicknames for Jagger - Brenda and Your Majesty.

Clinton voices US fears over cuts risk to Nato

HILLARY Clinton says the US is worried that the UK's deep defence spending cuts risk damaging Nato.

The US secretary of state raised the issue publicly as David Cameron met military chiefs to finalise cuts, though Downing Street stressed she was referring to the wider European picture.

Pension right for carers

PEOPLE who give up jobs to look after their grandchildren will have their right to a state pension protected under government plans.

Grandparents who stop work will continue to build up National Insurance credits if they are caring for a child under 12.

Single parent children 'behave more badly'

CHILDREN living in single parent or step-families are more badly behaved than their peers, new research says.

Youngsters falling into these two categories were at least twice as likely to exhibit serious behaviour problems than those living with both their natural parents.

The findings are contained in a survey of almost 13,500 mothers, conducted as part of the Millennium Cohort Study.

The mothers were asked to rate aspects of their child's behaviour at the age of seven.

Children's heart unit axed

A CHILDREN'S heart surgery unit at a hospital where four babies died and operations were suspended is set to close following a government review.

The NHS Safe and Sustainable review team has assessed the 11 paediatric heart centres in England in a bid to decide which are to become larger, regional centres of excellence, and which are to close.

Bristol: Gerald the bachelor giraffe has finally got a girlfriend.

After an international search lasting four years, Genevieve has moved to the Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, near Bristol to be the lonely giraffe's partner.

Manchester: Users of the social networking site Twitter have been given a detailed insight into the workings of one of Britain's busiest police forces.

From 5am yesterday, Greater Manchester Police tweeted every incident it dealt with for 24 hours.

By the time the experiment ended this morning, they had posted 3205 tweets.