BEN BRYANT

Ambulances are being held up at hospitals for hours at a time because they cannot offload sick patients to jam-packed A&E departments.

Having one slice of toast instead of two at breakfast can assist weight loss because it will not leave you reaching for seconds at lunch, a study has shown.

Parts have fallen off aeroplanes in mid-flight on dozens of occasions over the past five years, records show.

It is the stuff of nightmares for many air passengers: peering out of the window mid-flight, to see a section of the aeroplane peel off and plummet to earth.

Building firm in which Samantha Cameron has a shareholding is citing the Government's new planning laws in attempt to build 1,000 homes.

The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) came into force on 27 March with the aim of encouraging 'sustainable development' across England by streamlining and deregulating the planning system.

The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) came into force on 27 March with the aim of encouraging 'sustainable development' across England by streamlining and deregulating the planning system.

Runners remembered the victims of the Boston bombings this morning, but they refused to let terrorism ruin their race, Ben Bryant reports.

A man ran up a phone bill of more than £90,000 in just three months after calling a premium rate phone line to alleviate his loneliness.

Hospitals face being downsized or closed because half of their services could be better provided elsewhere, doctors claim.

The BBC appointed Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio as a football columnist for seven months - despite it being widely known that he was a self-proclaimed fascist.

British people may be so rich that they do not have the "national will" needed to lift the country out of the economic downturn, Lord Heseltine has suggested.

They are frequently stereotyped as lazy, indisciplined or hedonistic.

The planning minister has admitted that new developments are "quite likely to be ugly" and will put pressure on the local infrastructure with few obvious benefits to communities.

The planning minister has admitted that new developments are "quite likely to be ugly" and will put pressure on the local infrastructure with few obvious benefits to communities.

Property developers have been privately promised that planning laws will be liberalised again within weeks to allow them to begin a house-building boom backed by this week's Budget.

Telegraph investigation: MP warns councillors who offer services to developers may be breaking the law.

The number of developments being given the green light by town halls has jumped by nearly two thirds in just year.

Planning officers are offering to draw up applications for developers who can take advantage of "vulnerable" councils in the wake of the relaxation of building laws, The Telegraph can disclose.

Telegraph investigation: Three councillors reveal their involvement with consultancies which specialise in helping companies to win planning permission for developments across the country.

Telegraph investigation: For Graham Salisbury there is a simple explanation for his firm's near perfect success in helping developers win planning permission - "ruthless determination".

Telegraph investigation: Councillors across England are offering themselves for hire to property developers who are hoping to take advantage of relaxed planning laws which come into effect within weeks.

Councillors should be banned from making money from the planning system in their local areas, Labour has told Local Government secretary Eric Pickles.

Councillors should be banned from making money from the planning system in their local areas, Labour has told Local Government secretary Eric Pickles.

Telegraph investigation: Our reporters explain the policy, the rules and the reality behind the "councillors for hire" investigation.