The Northumbria Police officer blinded by gunman Raoul Moat said it is time for the British public to "step up to the plate" to support emergency services personnel injured in the line of duty.Read
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has said there will be no "quick decision" on whether to pull out of Middle East peace talks now Israel's ban on West Bank settlement building has ended.Read
William Hague is to make his first visit to Russia since becoming Foreign Secretary in an attempt to rebuild relations with Moscow, it has been announced.Read
The significance of a deadline to start withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan next summer has been "overstated", the top British general in Kabul has said.Read
David Miliband has issued an appeal to his supporters not to allow his leadership rivalry with brother Ed to degenerate into the kind of infighting which disfigured Labour during the Blair/Brown era.Read
The failure of a cargo ship to stop after a collision that left a fisherman dead was "illegal, immoral and against all the traditions of the sea", a marine accident report said.Read
Business leaders have warned the Government that plans to abolish the default retirement age (DRA) would have a "significant" effect on employers, especially smaller firms.Read
The Government must scrap the vetting system for people working with children and vulnerable adults or risk creating a broader culture of fear that will "poison the relationship between the generations", a think-tank has said.Read
A "landslide" of legal claims could be taken against employers who do not assess the effect on women workers of public sector job cuts, a leading trade union has warned.Read
Government guidance on dealing with the overseas torture of detainees may breach international law and leave intelligence and military personnel exposed to legal challenge, a human rights watchdog has warned.Read
