Jersey senator faces data charges

A controversial Jersey politician who claimed officials on the island covered up child abuse has been charged with two data protection offences following articles he wrote on his internet blog. Read

Primark sees sales increase by 20%

Primark's success on the high street has shown no signs of ending after the retail chain reported a 20% jump in sales for the current financial year. Read

Wheelclamping charges are 'illegal'

Wheelclampers are acting illegally by imposing exorbitant charges for the release of cars parked on private land, the RAC said. Read

Record number aiming for university

Record numbers of young people are aiming to go to university, research has found. Read

Record numbers aim for university

Record numbers of young people are aiming to go to university, research has found. Read

MP in expenses row over 'au pair'

A Tory MP has dismissed suggestions he claimed parliamentary expenses to hire an au pair. Read

Teacher quizzed about boy's injury

A teacher is being held by police on suspicion of assaulting a 14-year-old boy at school. Read

Lives 'thrown away' in Afghanistan

The cross-party consensus on Afghanistan has been rocked by Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg's criticism of the Government's handling of the campaign. Read

Tabloid bosses face phone taps quiz

The chairman of an influential Commons committee is set to summon newspaper chiefs to answer "serious questions" following fresh claims about the use of phone taps. Read

Thousands to miss out on university

Tens of thousands of students will be denied university places this summer following a funding freeze and a surge in applications. Read

Bank to put £25bn more into economy

The Bank of England is set to pump an extra £25 billion into the recession-blighted UK economy. Read

Social workers meet amid Baby P row

Children's Secretary Ed Balls is due to speak to the bosses of England's social workers at their first national conference since the public outcry over the death of Baby Peter. Read

Brown in G8 crunch talks on climate

Gordon Brown and his fellow G8 leaders are taking part in crunch talks with emerging economies, including China and India, over plans to halt global warming. Read

Charles issues environment warning

The Prince of Wales issued a stark warning to the world as he delivered the Richard Dimbleby lecture, saying: "If we fail the Earth, we fail humanity." Read

G8 supports UK in Iran embassy row

Britain has won strong support from the G8 nations in its row with Iran over a detained embassy employee. Read

Obama plans nuclear security summit

US president Barack Obama is planning to host a nuclear security summit in Washington next March. Read

MPs will demand 'phone tap' answers

The chairman of an influential Commons committee wants to summon newspaper chiefs to answer "serious questions" following fresh claims about the use of phone taps. Read

Bid to delay expenses bill defeated

A bid to delay legislation aimed at cleaning up Parliament in the wake of the expenses scandal has failed in the Lords. Read

Answers demanded over hacking claim

Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott said he wanted answers from police over claims they knew his phone was tapped by private investigators working for journalists but was not told about it. Read

Sink migrants' boats - BNP leader

Boats carrying migrants from Africa to Europe should be sunk to stop Europe being "swamped by the Third World", British National Party leader Nick Griffin has said. Read

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