The Queen said she was "saddened to learn of the dreadful loss of life" after 153 people died in an air crash in Spain.

Paedophile pop star Gary Glitter has returned to Thailand after being refused entry to Hong Kong, the Foreign Office said.

Fears of bank holiday weekend airport chaos have eased after a trade union announced it was suspending a series of planned strikes.

Thousands of teenagers across the UK will receive their GCSE grades in what is expected to be another record year for results.

The Conservatives have raced into a record 24-point opinion poll lead among those certain to vote as Labour hit a 30-year-plus voter rating low.

A defiant Gordon Brown claims Labour will win the next general election, despite the political and economic turbulence of recent months.

Arms giant BAE Systems has signed a 15-year deal with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to supply ammunition to British troops.

The national census is a £500 million waste of money and should be scrapped, a think tank has declared.

A dispute has broken out over the issue of cancelled operations after figures from the Conservatives suggested thousands of NHS patients had their surgery cancelled more than once.

Campaigning Labour MP Ann Cryer has announced she would step down from parliament at the next general election.

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