Pupils at Great Yarmouth Primary Academy , Norfolk, are at school from 7.45am until 6pm under a radical new timetable which offers a range of after school activities.

More than £208million in welfare payments will be funded by the taxpayer in 2012/13, according to an analysis by the House of Commons library.

Here is Kai Rooney, still not weaned off a pacifier at the age of three — yet sophisticated enough to navigate around a tablet computer so powerful he has the world in his chubby hands.

Rio Ferdinand tweeted on New Year's Eve: 'While you guys around the world are out celebrating New Year, spare a thought for me please... I'll be in the team hotel sleeping!'

The TUC's new General Secretary Frances O'Grady criticised the Government's cuts but this investigation reveals how the public sector recruitment drive is going strong.

New research from the Alaska Climate Research Center shows that the beginning of the 21st century, temperatures in Alaska are actually getting colder.

Researchers at Emory University found that female sparrows reacted in the same way to make songs as a human having an emotional response to music - but only during the breeding season.

Phillip Westwater, who was dubbed the Black Dog Strangler, was found in Newcastle by Northumbria officers late last night after a member of the public recognised him from a photograph.

Jack Whitehall (centre) is facing calls to 'bow out gracefully' from his role at the National Television Awards following complaints about the Big Fat Quiz of the Year.

The London Stock Exchange surged with the FTSE-100 closing at 6027.37, a rise of 129.56 points, after US Congress reached an agreement to avoid a fiscal cliff.

The former Prime Minister recently had an operation to remove a growth on her bladder. Lady Thatcher, 87, is now convalescing in a suite at The Ritz where she is visited by friends.

Department store John Lewis saw Christmas online sales up by 44 per cent and overall sales up by 15 per cent, helped by its TV advert featuring a love-struck snowman.

Apple's new iPhone and a major update to its software has been spotted online being used at Apple's Cupertino HQ, it has been claimed.

The father of the 23-year-old student who died after being gang raped on a Delhi bus has paid tribute to his 'fiercely determined' daughter who wanted to be a doctor.

Mysterious 'monster' outflows of charged particles from the centre of our Galaxy, stretching more than halfway across the sky, have been detected by astronomers.

The child made the gesture at a school in Silver Spring, Maryland one week after the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre in Connecticut where 20 students and six teaching staff died.

Wyll James, 16, changed the words of the smash hit to sing the praises of life in his home county with lyrics about driving tractors, milking cows and eating hot stew.

Mum-of-two Sorina Howarth, of Fulham, West London claims her son Adam could have died after he nearly choked on an orange pip found in a jar of HiPP Organic baby food.

Just as the internet celebrates its 30th birthday, it emerges Britain is the nation most obsessed with the world wide web.

Furious Jennie Cosh, 20, from Cheltenham, said her poor treatment has made her want to raise awareness of bad conditions in hospitals.

The cost of 'insurance for insurers' has risen sharply due to a change in the way that courts compensate car crash victims.

Energy consumers typically use around 40 per cent of their annual consumption during the winter months, according to a study by MoneySupermarket.com.

According to new research, retired couples can live on a budget of less than $1,000 (£612) a month if they are willing to look overseas.

A man has died and another has been taken to hospital after a car was hit by a freight train at a level crossing in Yarnton, Oxfordshire, this afternoon.

Thirteen separate flood warnings were issued across the Yorkshire region, the majority of which were in York and surrounding villages.

A re-purposed school has opened in the neighbouring town of Monroe for students who attended Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 pupils and six adults were shot dead last month.

More than three-quarters of professional players in England and Scotland say depression is a problem for footballers, according to a new survey.

Ziad Takieddine, 62, insists that former Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi paid most of the £40million to former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, pictured, between December 2006 and January 2007.

Every single fan in the Indianapolis stadium was gripped as they watched the talented primates stay absolutely straight-backed on their canine steeds.

Disgraced Dominique Strass-Kahn is soaking up the sun at a five-star resort in Mauritius with his new girlfriend - despite being forced to borrow millions from his ex-wife to pay off his legal fees.

Rail minister Norman Baker said despite overcrowding, disruption and inflationary fare rises, passengers are getting a 'premium service'. Fares have gone up average of 3.9 per cent.

The murder of six female aid workers and a male doctor murdered in a New Year's Day in Pakistan has been linked to their work administering polio vaccinations.

Former crime boss Charlie Richardson left an estate of just £21,000 despite a criminal life in which his gang is thought to have earned millions through fraud and extortion.

The number of downloads from programs like iTunes (pictured) rose 11.4 per cent, with video games accounting for more than half that figure, according to the Entertainment Retailers Association.

Every single fan in the Indianapolis stadium was gripped as they watched the talented primates stay absolutely straight-backed on their canine steeds.

The toll is far higher than the figure of 45,000 given by activists opposed to the regime of President Bashar Assad.

Raveesh 'Ravi' Kumra, 66, was found dead in his California mansion on November 30 and though a prostitute and three men were arrested in connection with murder, police are remaining tight-lipped.

Boris Johnson has been named the most influential man in Britain, edging out George Osborne, Prince Charles and even Prime Minister David Cameron.

The crabs (pictured) were one of many things left behind in Travelodge hotels last year, along with a winning EuroMillions ticket, a £50,000 Rolex watch and even a pantomime horse.

Derek McMaster, 64, faces jail after he got engaged to both ladies at the same time, and then stole £6,500 from them, Warrington Crown Court heard.

MPs have asked to see the messages but BBC Trust finance committee chairman Anthony Fry (pictured) has said no - and also refused to read them himself.

Ian King (top right) is accused at Leeds Crown Court of falsifying documents to allow Paul Spencer to get his licence - weeks before Mr Spencer and wife Linda (bottom right) died in a crash (left).

Jimmy Bernard Billingsley, 42, pictured, has been sentenced to 15 years in a Texas jail for knowingly infecting a woman with HIV. The soccer coach convinced the woman to have unprotected sex.

Activity rose to 51.4 in December – on a scale from 0 to 100 where 50 represents zero growth – according to the latest Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' index (PMI).

Campaign group Reprieve said British money coincides with surge in executions of alleged traffickers. It said Britain is 'funding executions' for drugs offences in Iran (file picture).

Congress last night finally passed a deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, as critics attacked the Republican party for giving in and allowing tax hikes on wealthy Americans in return for minimal spending cuts.

The fact that the small town is perched on the highest point in the Oxfordshire section of the Cotswolds is no obstacle for the Chipping Norton Yacht Club, which will officially launch early this year.

Deputy PM Nick Clegg accuses Labour of wanting people receiving state handouts to get bigger increases than public sector workers.

Fructose - which is used to sweeten soft drinks and junk food - is more harmful than other types of sugar, research from Yale University has found.

David James, 69, of Liverpool, hit the headlines when his family began a legal battle against a hospital trust that wanted to withdraw potentially life-saving treatment.

California-based company Arena has applied to sell lorcaserin under the brand name Belviq in UK and Europe. Trials on children will not begin until a year after it goes on sale.

According to well being expert Daniel Browne, if you reduced your sleep from eight to seven hours a night you'd have an extra seven hours to spend on your favourite activities each week.

Louis Currie, 12, of Droylsden, Greater Manchester, could have died in the attack but for the bravery of Stewart McGuinness, 45, a mini-sweeper driver for Salford City Council.

The unnamed Swedish woman, said to be in her 60s, was having dental implants when the horrifying event occurred at Västmanland County Hospital.

The leader said North and South Korea should be reunited in a surprise New Year's day speech.

Lucy, from Whiteley in Hampshire, ballooned to 5 stone 3lbs when her 'nervous character' prevented her from going outside for exercise.