I didn't block Iraq debate: Straw

Former foreign secretary Jack Straw has denied blocking detailed cabinet discussion on the attorney general's advice on the legality of military action against Iraq.

Read Full Story

Have Your Shout

Met commander jailed for misconduct

A top Scotland Yard officer has been jailed for assaulting and falsely arresting a man in a petty row over money.

Read Full Story

Have Your Shout

Fraud charge MPs' exit cash frozen

The "golden goodbye" payments for three MPs facing criminal charges over their expenses will be suspended until legal proceedings are over, Commons Speaker John Bercow has said.

Read Full Story

Have Your Shout

Get posting in the Star Forums!

You can join the debate and post your own views in the lively Daily Star Forums!

£1M WORTH OF CANNABIS PLANTS SEIZED

ABOVE: Cannabis plants worth one million pounds have been found in Essex

7th November 2009

Cannabis plants worth more than £1 million have been seized by police in one of the biggest finds of the drug in Essex.

Officers found more than 5,000 plants "under cultivation" when they raided a warehouse in the Theydon Bois area on Friday, an Essex Police spokesman said.

A 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicious of cultivating cannabis and is being questioned by officers at Harlow Police station.

» MORE 'LATEST NEWS' HERE...

Share @: