Daily Mail editor-in-chief Paul Dacre has launched a scathing attack on a High Court judge whom he accused of bringing in a privacy law by the back door.Read
The dispatch of British troops to bolster peace-keeping forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is "not on the agenda", Foreign Secretary David Miliband said.Read
Nine English towns have been chosen to try out a series of health initiatives designed to head off a looming epidemic of obesity, Health Secretary Alan Johnson has announced.Read
The head of the armed forces gave a clear warning to ministers that troops should not be transferred from Iraq to Afghanistan when Britain's military commitment there is scaled down next year.Read
Britain must be ready to talk to Iran and the Taliban to find lasting resolutions to conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said.Read
Justice Secretary Jack Straw is facing complaints over a £3,000 payment from an international energy firm towards the cost of a party to mark his quarter-century as an MP, it emerged.Read
The former chiefs of two banks are to appeal directly to HBOS shareholders this week in a bid to oust the group's top brass and scupper the Lloyds TSB takeover.Read
Gordon Brown has promised to work with US President-elect Barack Obama to build a new fairer global society in which hard work is rewarded, families are protected and markets are governed by morals.Read
Thousands of Islamist militants in the UK are actively supporting jihadist activities at home and abroad, according to a leaked Government document.Read