Sunday Sun - Home

UK & World News: Queen to visit zoo on jubilee tour

Sunday Sun — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:05:16 GMT

The Queen is visiting Chester Zoo as part of her Diamond Jubilee tour to celebrate 60 years on the throne.

UK & World News: Coe relishes 2012 flame touchdown

Sunday Sun — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:05:15 GMT

The touchdown of the Olympic Flame on British soil could trigger the greatest buzz yet about the London 2012 Games, Lord Coe hopes.

UK & World News: Old films bring back the memories

Sunday Sun — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:05:19 GMT

Archive films are being used to help people with dementia and other memory disorders in a new project.

UK & World News: Home-working side-effects revealed

Sunday Sun — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:05:18 GMT

Mothers face unexpected side-effects when they work from home, including higher energy bills and having more washing-up to do, according to a new study.

UK & World News: More growing own food to save cash

Sunday Sun — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:05:18 GMT

One in six adults have started growing their own food in the last four years, with the majority saying they have done so to save money, according to a poll.

UK & World News: Three held after far-right protest

Sunday Sun — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:05:19 GMT

Three people were arrested as far right-groups were accused by police of using diversionary tactics to promote their message.

UK & World News: PM queries single currency survival

Sunday Sun — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:05:16 GMT

The survival of the European single currency is in question, creating "huge risks" for Britain's economy, Prime Minister David Cameron is to say.

UK & World News: Spain 'snubs Queen's jubilee lunch'

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:05:17 GMT

Queen Sofia of Spain will not be attending a lunch to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee amid a row over Gibraltar, it has been reported.

UK & World News: Short apprenticeships 'no benefit'

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:05:17 GMT

Apprenticeships of less than six months provide "no real benefit" to trainees or their employers, a parliamentary report has warned.

Latest Sport News: SFA panel rejects Rangers' appeal

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:45:16 GMT

Rangers have lost their appeal against a £160,000 fine and 12-month transfer embargo.

Breaking News: Pensioner hit by car while crossing road in his mobility scooter

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:44:00 GMT

A PENSIONER was taken to hospital with serious injuries after he was hit by a car while crossing the road in his mobility scooter.

Breaking News: Man found dead in a house in Darlington

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:38:00 GMT

POLICE are investigating after a man was found dead in a house in Darlington.

Latest Sport News: Crewe book Wembley date

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:45:16 GMT

Seventeen-year-old Max Clayton scored the goal which sent Crewe to Wembley for the npower League Two play-off final courtesy of a 3-2 aggregate win over Southend.

Latest Sport News: Terry picked 'for footballing reasons'

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:45:16 GMT

Roy Hodgson focused on footballing matters as he explained the selection of John Terry and the omission of Rio Ferdinand in his England squad for this summer's European Championship.

UK & World News: Parents attack 'narrow' inquest '

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:05:19 GMT

The grieving parents of a baby boy killed by a falling lamppost have accused a coroner's court of failing to provide answers about their son's death.

UK & World News: Greece caretaker PM takes new role

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:05:19 GMT

A senior judge has been sworn in to head Greece's caretaker government for a month as it lurches through a political crisis that threatens its membership in the 17-nation eurozone.

Latest Sport News: Barton accepts one charge, denies second

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:45:17 GMT

QPR captain Joey Barton has accepted a charge of violent conduct against Manchester City's Sergio Aguero but denied the same charge for his confrontation with Vincent Kompany.

Latest Sport News: Evra proud despite 'difficult' campaign

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:45:17 GMT

Patrice Evra has described this season as the most difficult of his entire career and lifted the lid on the emotions he felt when Luis Suarez snubbed his pre-match handshake at Old Trafford.

UK & World News: Prosecution over runaway train

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:05:17 GMT

London Underground is to be prosecuted by the rail regulator over a runaway engineering train, it has been disclosed.

UK & World News: 2,800 jobs axed as card shops close

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:05:16 GMT

Nearly 3,000 jobs are to be axed after the administrators of Clinton Cards announced plans to close 350 stores.

Latest Sport News: Strauss 'not losing taste for captaincy'

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:45:16 GMT

Andrew Strauss insists he is "not even close" to thinking he has had enough of the England captaincy, despite his long and vain search for his 20th Test century.

Latest Sport News: QPR to investigate Barton incident

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:45:16 GMT

QPR will conduct an internal investigation into Joey Barton's dismissal against Manchester City and his subsequent conduct, the club have announced.

UK & World News: Appeal man bailed in dramatic twist

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:05:23 GMT

A young man who has always pleaded his innocence over a 2004 murder has enjoyed his first taste of freedom in more than seven years after a dramatic twist in his case at the Court of Appeal.

Latest Sport News: BOA set to rubber-stamp rule change

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:45:19 GMT

The lifetime Olympics ban for British drugs cheats is expected to be formally removed on Thursday.

Latest Sport News: Scotland go Dutch with Visser

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:45:18 GMT

Holland-born Tim Visser will seek to prove his ability on the Test stage after being selected by Scotland for the summer tour to Australia, Fiji and Samoa.

Latest Sport News: Cavendish fourth as Ferrari takes stage

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:45:18 GMT

Roberto Ferrari won the longest stage of this year's Giro d'Italia from Assisi to Montecatini as Great Britain's Mark Cavendish finished fourth.

Latest Sport News: O'Driscoll named Crawley boss

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:45:17 GMT

Sean O'Driscoll has been appointed as the new manager of Crawley.

Latest Sport News: Dalglish sacked by Liverpool

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:45:15 GMT

Liverpool have terminated the contract of manager Kenny Dalglish, owners Fenway Sports Group and the club have confirmed.

UK & World News: Cheers as murder appeal man bailed

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:05:20 GMT

A young man who has spent more than seven years behind bars for a murder he has always insisted he did not commit was greeted by emotional scenes as he was freed on bail by the Court of Appeal.

UK & World News: Teenager guilty of conker killing

Sunday Sun — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:05:19 GMT

A 15-year-old youth is facing a life sentence after being found guilty of stabbing a student to death in a row over conkers.