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People reaching the age of 65 will no longer be forced to retire from October next year, under plans announced by the government.

Firefighters are damping down a blaze that has forced the temporary closure of Warburtons' bakery in Bolton

Telegraph View: The problem was not one of resources or manpower, but politics.

Plans to vet millions of people working with children and vulnerable adults are to be scaled back to “common sense� levels, the Government announced today<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.timesonline.co.uk/c/32313/f/440154/s/b2c2f44/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/73199248817/u/0/f/440154/c/32313/s/187445060/kg/45/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/73199248817/u/0/f/440154/c/32313/s/187445060/kg/45/a2.img" border="0"/></a>

Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four babies died, a report says.

A vicar is found guilty of carrying out hundreds of sham marriages over four years as part of an illegal immigration scheme.

The man who collected and published personal details from 100m Facebook users says he did so to learn how to break passwords.

9.40 BST On a January morning 38 years ago, 13 protesters died at the hands of British paratroopers and 14 were injured, one so seriously he died four months later. For many of their relatives, the years since have been dominated by the search for truth about what happened during 25 chaotic minutes in central Londonderry.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.timesonline.co.uk/c/32313/f/440154/s/b2b7a6e/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/73199133488/u/0/f/440154/c/32313/s/187398766/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/73199133488/u/0/f/440154/c/32313/s/187398766/a2.img" border="0"/></a>

Fugitive Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir, who fled to northern Cyprus in 1993, begins a legal bid to be granted bail ahead of a UK theft trial.

A Cheshire businessman accused of killing a man has charges against him dropped - the third time he has been cleared of murder.

The Coalition was accused of "misleading the public" last night as it emerged only 150 schools have applied to become flagship academies.

A total of £100 million, more than half the costs of the Bloody Sunday inquiry, established in 1998, has gone on legal fees.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.timesonline.co.uk/c/32313/f/440154/s/b296448/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/73199228955/u/0/f/440154/c/32313/s/187262024/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/73199228955/u/0/f/440154/c/32313/s/187262024/a2.img" border="0"/></a>

Official forecast predicts that Britain's population will swell from 62.2 million to 77 million - an increase of 24 per cent - overtaking both France and Germany.

The Royal Family and the Royal Household were exempted from direct requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The Royal Household was not included in the Act’s definition of a public authority, so members of the public are unable to access information held in the Royal Archives. Public bodies can be asked to release information that may include details about the Royal Family, but protection also covers communications between public bodies, such as government departments, and the Royal Family or Royal Household.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.timesonline.co.uk/c/32313/f/440154/s/b296447/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/73199228954/u/0/f/440154/c/32313/s/187262023/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/73199228954/u/0/f/440154/c/32313/s/187262023/a2.img" border="0"/></a>

Up to 60,000 people working in the public sector in Scotland could lose their jobs, according to an independent review commissioned by ministers.