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Father shot dead on US road trip

A British father shot dead on a road trip through the United States after stopping in Amarillo because he loved the cult song was "just in the wrong place, at the wrong time", his family have said.Read

Fire death: murder probe launched

A murder hunt has got under way after a devoted mother of nine died saving her son from a house fire started by a firework pushed through her letterbox.Read

Tough love good for children: study

Children who grow up with parents who take a "tough love" approach to their upbringing are better prepared to do well in life, a report has suggested.Read

Lack of drivers hits rail route

Passengers have been warned not to travel on a busy rail route on Sunday because of a lack of available train drivers.Read

Climate talks 'unlikely' to deliver

The Copenhagen summit is unlikely to produce a "signed and sealed" climate change solution because leading countries are not ready to commit, the Environment Agency's chief will claim.Read

Frontline training 'is protected'

The Government has insisted that it is determined to protect frontline services for training young people after leaked documents suggested hundreds of thousands of places could be slashed.Read

Support 'crucial' to Afghan success

Maintaining public support is "crucially important" to the success of the international military mission in Afghanistan, the senior British commander in the country has warned.Read

David Haye beats boxing's Goliath

Boxer David Haye turned giant killer as he won victory in his bout with the "Beast from the East".Read

Anger over expenses overhaul claims

The head of the new watchdog charged with cleaning up Parliament is at the centre of a political firestorm after it emerged that he may scrap key elements of the plan to overhaul the system of MPs' expenses.Read

Brown red-faced after tax plan snub

Prime Minister Gordon Brown suffered an embarrassing rebuff when he floated the prospect of a new tax worldwide, only to have it flatly and publicly rejected by the United States and other major financial players.Read

Mystery over £90m jackpot winners

The identity of two British ticketholders who shared a massive £90 million jackpot in Friday night's Euromillions draw was still a mystery as the cash remained unclaimed.Read

Family shock at Briton's bar murder

A British father shot dead in a US bar was just "in the wrong place, at the wrong time", his family said.Read

Army appeal on Afghan co-operation

The killing of five British soldiers by an Afghan policeman must not prevent co-operation between the two nations, the commander of British forces in Afghanistan said.Read

Two-year-old punched by muggers

Muggers punched a two-year-old girl in the head as they demanded money from her mother, Scotland Yard said.Read

Mother 'died saving son from blaze'

Police have launched a murder hunt after a devoted mother of nine died saving her son from a house fire started by a firework pushed through her letterbox in Bodmin, Cornwall.Read

Fort Hood gunman 'loved US' - Uncle

A Palestinian uncle of the Fort Hood shooting suspect said that his nephew loved America and wanted to serve his country, but his work as a military psychiatrist drove him to tears.Read

£1m worth of cannabis plants seized

Cannabis plants worth more than £1 million have been seized by police in one of the biggest finds of the drug in Essex.Read

British man shot dead in Texas bar

A British man has been shot dead after a gunman opened fire after walking into a bar in the United States.Read

Plans to cut legal aid fees warning

Government plans to slash legal aid fees to barristers would be disastrous, the chairman of the Bar Council has warned.Read

Brown in call for global 'contract'

Gordon Brown has called for a new global "economic and social contract" with the financial institutions to ensure taxpayers around the world will never again have to bear the cost of banking failure.Read