UK News: Prince's trade role in doubt over pervert link

FRESH doubts surrounded Prince Andrew's continuing role as UK trade ambassador today, in the wake of controversy about his ties with a convicted paedophile.

It was reported that ministers were to review his position following coverage of his links with billionaire Jeffrey Epstein.

Police overtime costs 4bn

POLICE officers have pocketed 3.8 billion in overtime over the past 10 years.

More than a quarter of this, 1bn, was spent by the Metropolitan Police alone, with every officer picking up an average of 4271 in overtime last year, according to a new study.

Stay-at-home parents face tougher tax bill

MIDDLE-CLASS families in Britain where one parent stays home to look after the children pay more than a third extra in tax than those in other Western countries, new research claims.

Couples earning 33,745 a year bear a tax burden that is 39 per cent higher than those in the 33 other countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, a report found.

Care, a Christian charity, said the disparity would worsen to 50 per cent by 2012/13.

Tall tales of weekends

A QUARTER of Britons fib about their weekend activities in a bid to impress others, a study suggests.

The survey of 5000 adults published today found more than one in four were economic with the truth when asked by friends or colleagues what they did on days off.

Going out on a Saturday night topped the list of most popular activities people pretended they did.

Sarah's silence is golden

GIRLS Aloud star Sarah Harding's fiance had to tell her to be quiet before he could get a word in edgeways and ask her to marry him.

Harding, who has been with Tom Crane for almost five years, said she knew they would get married eventually.

London: The most expensive painting ever sold at auction is going on show in the UK for the first time today. Nude, Green Leaves and Bust, painted in 1932 by Pablo Picasso, will be displayed at Tate Modern on London's South Bank. It sold at Christie's in New York last May for a world record price of 65.5 million.

Kent: A pedestrian was killed in a motorway crash on the coastbound M20. Police are appealing for witnesses following the incident, which happened near junction 10 after 8pm yesterday. All three lanes were shut while forensic experts investigated the crash.