A British soldier has been killed in Afghanistan while taking part in one of the UK military's biggest co-ordinated air operations of modern times, the Ministry of Defence said.Read
A father has described how he thought it was "the end" after hiding in a bathroom with five of the six people who died as a blaze engulfed their tower block.Read
Plans for a crackdown on illegal cross-Channel immigration will be discussed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy at an Anglo-French summit.Read
Chancellor Alistair Darling has failed to rule out a pay freeze for public sector workers, sparking warnings of possible industrial action from union leaders.Read
Foreign Secretary David Miliband has defended the next head of MI6 after details of his personal life were posted on social networking website Facebook.Read
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is to investigate the collapse of MG Rover after a four-year probe into the Midlands carmaker's demise, it was reported.Read
Inquiries into how a blaze which ripped through a tower block killing six people, including a three-week-old baby girl, was able to spread so quickly are continuing.Read
The Liberal Democrats are calling for an inquiry into whether the new head of MI6, Sir John Sawers, should be allowed to take up his post after his wife apparently published personal details on the Facebook website.Read
Britons should brace themselves for "much more changeable and considerably cooler" weather with rain at times over the next few weeks, weatherman John Kettley said.Read
Public sector pay must be "fair" to private-sector employees facing a recession-fuelled squeeze on wages, Chancellor Alistair Darling said after a spending watchdog called for a freeze.Read
A former Cabinet minister has warned that the debate over public spending needed to "deepen a little bit" because people expected honesty about future cuts.Read
As hundreds of thousands of children anticipate their Sats results this week, teaching unions have claimed that up to a fifth of some results could still be inaccurate.Read
The Liberal Democrats are calling for an inquiry into whether the new head of MI6, Sir John Sawers, should be allowed to take up his post after his wife apparently published personal details on the Facebook website.Read
Britain is still seeking clarification from Iran over the fate of detained British Embassy staff after one was said by his lawyer to be facing trial for "acting against national security".Read
As hundreds of thousands of children anticipate their Sats results this week, teaching unions have claimed that up to a fifth of some results could still be inaccurate.Read
Inquiries into how a blaze which ripped through a tower block killing six people, including a three-week-old baby girl, was able to spread so quickly are continuing.Read
Filling parts of the Sahara desert with mirrors to create clean energy and making livestock behave like herds of wildebeest to lock in carbon are among a number of innovative proposals put forward to help tackle climate change.Read
Video footage of Michael Jackson being interviewed by a lawyer about claims that he abused several young boys has been made public for the first time.Read
Real terms pay cuts for public sector workers would be a "pain free" way to help Britain recover from the recession, the head of a public spending watchdog has said.Read
