Labour is braced for another ballot box bashing as deputy leader Harriet Harman publicly criticised its campaign in a crucial by-election.

A police chief has called for fairer selection procedures to increase the number of top-ranking black and Asian officers.

A 24-year-old man has been charged in connection with the death of a six-year-old girl who was killed in a hit-and-run collision.

A British rescue team who travelled to earthquake-hit China returned home "frustrated and disappointed" after failing to secure visas to stay and help with the emergency operation.

Thousands of young children in Burma will die from hunger within weeks unless food reaches them soon, a British charity has warned.

Chancellor Alistair Darling will this week open the door for tax concessions in a bid to prevent a business exodus from the UK, it has been reported.

Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed has said he would move to Scotland permanently if the country became independent.

Tens of thousands of football fans descended on Portsmouth city centre to salute their FA Cup winning team.

British scientists are working on a new drug which they believe could herald a breakthrough in efforts to cure MRSA.

Gordon Brown exhorted MPs to back controversial human-animal embryo research as the Commons geared up for a dramatic showdown.

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