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The chancellor has told Cabinet colleagues not to expect more cash for the public sector.

The wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin denies repeatedly lying in a "last-ditch" attempt to escape justice.

The makers of a Channel 4 documentary which claimed that global warming is a swindle misrepresented the views of some of the world's leading climate scientists, the media watchdog is expected to rule next week.

Think-tank warned

Ministers are urged to do more to help UK hauliers compete against those based in continental Europe.

A man is charged with the murders of two men who were shot dead in west London, six years ago.

The parents of a young woman found dead in Argentina said they are considering legal action against the Foreign Office, over allegations that consular officials did not disclose suspicious details of the incident.

A Channel 4 documentary that argued that global warning was a fraud is to be criticised by the media regulator.

Over 100 USB memory sticks, some with secret data, have been lost or stolen from defence officials since 2004, it emerges.

A nurse is cautioned after giving a chemical abortion to a woman who had come in for a consultation and tests.

Gordon Brown has rejected Labour moves to lift the secrecy over a key conference next week where union leaders will present ministers with a shopping list of 130 demands for changes in Government policy.

Publishers have had their Dunkirk, and now Hachette is attempting to launch D-Day. Time and again over the past 15 years, publishers have retreated before the mighty negotiating power of the bookselling chains. In fighting back against Amazon, Hachette is calculating that its substantial, 15 per cent share of the retail book market, as well as the strength of its fellow publishing giants, will at last tilt back the balance of power.

Sprinter Dwain Chambers loses his bid to overturn a lifetime ban from running at the Olympics.

Investigators clear police drivers involved in the pursuit of a stolen car which crashed causing the death of a motorist.

Beavers have been born in Britain for the first time in 400 years - on an upmarket housing development.