Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced £2.7 billion worth of help for low and middle income workers hit by the scrapping of the 10p income tax rate.

A shock spike in the cost of living during April hit hopes for interest rate cuts as inflation soared at its highest pace for nearly six years.

Police investigating the murder of 16-year-old "gentle giant" Jimmy Mizen have arrested a man.

Travel companies and British officials are continuing to try to contact UK tourists still unaccounted for after the devastating earthquake in China.

The Armed Forces are unable to meet the Government's "readiness" target for mounting further military missions due to the continuing pressure of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has warned.

Police stop and search teams are to be deployed in the capital in an effort to reduce knife crime after the "horrific events" of the last 48 hours.

A man murdered in Oxford Street, Britain's busiest shopping district, was stabbed in a row after a drink was thrown, police said.

The Heathrow airport chief who presided over the Terminal 5 opening debacle is to leave his job, airport operator BAA has said.

The Government's private fears over the dire state of the UK property market have been laid bare.

A couple scooped nearly £1.5 million on the Lottery a week after getting married and changing their numbers to incorporate their wedding day.

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