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'PM terror threat' men remanded

A man who allegedly threatened to kill Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in a posting on a jihadi website has been remanded in custody. Read

Divorce at lowest rate for 26 years

The number of couples getting a divorce has dropped to the lowest rate for 26 years, official figures showed. Read

Three face PM death threat charges

Three men are due to appear in court charged over an alleged threat to assassinate the Prime Minister. Read

Police enter family's fire-hit home

Police have entered the burnt-out home of a missing millionaire for the first time. Read

BA and American link-up probed

The proposed link-up between British Airways and giant US carrier American Airlines (AA) is to be investigated by the European Commission, it has been announced. Read

Unsold properties plan for councils

Councils could get help to buy repossessed and unsold properties under new plans to be announced by the Government, it has been reported. Read

Financial help for carers urged

The benefits system for unpaid carers is outdated and the Government should provide extra financial help to support them, MPs said. Read

£26.7m loss as B&B crashes into red

Beleaguered lender Bradford & Bingley said it had crashed into the red in the first half of 2008, after credit crunch losses and rising bad debts. Read

Gaddafi son raps 'greedy' relatives

The son of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has accused relatives of the Lockerbie victims of being "very greedy" for seeking compensation. Read

Presenter Fiona Phillips quits GMTV

TV presenter Fiona Phillips is leaving GMTV after 12 years to devote more time to her children and her elderly father, her agent has confirmed. Read

Obama vows to deliver better future

America is better than the country it has been during the Bush administrations of the last eight years, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has said. Read

Abbey latest to cut mortgage rates

Abbey has become the latest lender to announce it was cutting its mortgage rates in a further sign that competition is returning to the market. Read

Search teams to enter fire-hit home

Investigators are hoping to be able to enter the fire-ravaged home of a missing millionaire and his family amid fears they may be dead inside. Read

Zoom travellers seeking way home

Hundreds of travellers left stranded following the collapse of low-fare airline Zoom are facing up to the fact they will have to make their own way home. Read

Court to rule on 'torture' evidence

The High Court is due to announce whether it will order the Government to disclose 'secret' material which an al-Qaeda suspect says supports his case that evidence against him was obtained by torture. Read

Three to face PM death plot charges

Three men are due to appear in court charged over an alleged plot to assassinate the Prime Minister. Read

Hospital care discrepancies found

Patients may have a vastly different experience of NHS hospital care depending on whether they live in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, it has been reported. Read

Pay deals falling behind inflation

Average pay deals are increasing, but they are still falling further behind the rising rate of inflation, according to a report. Read

Two youths quizzed over stab death

Two more teenagers have been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old near the site of a proposed Olympics party, police said. Read

MP issues fuel poverty warning

A group of backbench MPs is willing to take the Government "right to the line" to help those struggling to pay their fuel bills, former welfare minister Frank Field has warned. Read

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