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A former head of MI5 says she did not know US intelligence services were mistreating terror suspects until after she retired.

An MP writes to police to ask if there is a basis for a criminal inquiry into activities at Stafford Hospital.

The Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said the Budget will be delivered on March 24, in what will be one of the most hotly anticipated statements since Labour came to power.

Gordon Brown today confirmed that the Budget will be in two weeks' time on March 24, making it almost certain the general election will be held on May 6.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.timesonline.co.uk/c/32313/f/440154/s/9707c7a/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/65750118764/u/0/f/440154/c/32313/s/158366842/kg/43-63/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/65750118764/u/0/f/440154/c/32313/s/158366842/kg/43-63/a2.img" border="0"/></a>

Gordon Brown warns of economic storms ahead but vows not to "let you down" as the date of the Budget is announced.

Police will start DNA swabbing sessions later to try to find the murderer of an elderly woman in Hampshire.

Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Tesco's executive director of corporate and legal affairs, attacked standards during a speech in London.

Northern Rock, the state-owned bank bailed out with £26 billion in taxpayers’ funds, will share a £14.9 million bonus among its staff despite running up a loss over 2009.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.timesonline.co.uk/c/32313/f/440154/s/9707c7d/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/65750118762/u/0/f/440154/c/32313/s/158366845/kg/38-43-67/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/65750118762/u/0/f/440154/c/32313/s/158366845/kg/38-43-67/a2.img" border="0"/></a>

Rules to improve child protection after the Baby P case may leave children more vulnerable to harm, council leaders warn.

Millions of pounds of three-year-old track is to be ripped up as part of an upgrade of the Metrolink services in Oldham.

Prime Minister pledges to pull the economy through the ''storm'' of recession as he sets March 24 date for the Budget.

A psychiatric report that paved the way for the release of Jon Venables, one of James Bulger’s killers, concluded that he posed a “trivial� risk to the public, The Times has learnt.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.timesonline.co.uk/c/32313/f/440154/s/96f2c6e/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/65750108942/u/0/f/440154/c/32313/s/158280814/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/65750108942/u/0/f/440154/c/32313/s/158280814/a2.img" border="0"/></a>

Doctors' leaders urge ministers to halt the development of a medical records database for patients in England.

Two men accused of killing a Devon teenager in the Indian state of Goa are to go on trial next week, the family's lawyer has said.

Forcing British internet providers to block websites carrying pirated music and films will threaten ''freedom of speech'', online operators including Google and Facebook have said.