£6m for Mandelson unit consultants

Lord Mandelson's department paid consultants more than £6 million in just six months.Read

BA strike talks end in deadlock

Talks aimed at averting strikes by British Airways cabin crew have ended for the day without agreement, dashing hopes of a breakthrough in a long running row over pay, jobs and working conditions.Read

Union offers BA new cabin crew deal

Union leaders have tabled a fresh offer aimed at averting strikes by British Airways cabin crew - believed to include possible savings of almost £63 million.Read

Miliband condemns Israeli move

Britain has joined the United States in condemning the announcement by Israel of a planned new settlement in disputed East Jerusalem.Read

Jury discharged in car death trial

The jury in the trial of an elderly motorist who knocked down and killed his wife has been discharged.Read

Rumours fly over Sarkozy and Bruni

Paris gossips were trying to sort out fact from fiction as the blogosphere raised tantalising questions about the glamorous pop 'n' politics marriage of President Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni.Read

Apology for women raped by father

Two women who were raped and abused by their father over 25 years - bearing seven of his children - have been given an apology by the authorities which failed to protect them.Read

Man guilty of daughter's murder

A father who stabbed his teenage daughter to death and then drove her dead body around for 10 hours has been found guilty of murder.Read

Most 'prefer surgery to lose fat'

More than half of Britons would rather shift excess weight through drastic surgery than diet or exercise, a poll has suggested.Read

Roy 'Chubby' Brown 'punched woman'

Blue comic Roy 'Chubby' Brown hit a 21-year-old woman in the face during a foul-mouthed dispute in a supermarket car park, a court has been told.Read

Plane spotters return from India

Two British plane spotters are back home after avoiding a 10-year sentence in an Indian jail on spying charges.Read

Berezovsky wins libel payout

Boris Berezovsky has won £150,000 High Court libel damages over claims on a Russian TV broadcast about the radiation poisoning murder of Alexander Litvinenko.Read

Economic storm not yet over - Brown

Gordon Brown has admitted that recession-hit Britain faces more "bumps in the road" - but declared he has the character to lead the country to economic recovery.Read

Katie Price: My marriage is legal

Katie Price has insisted her marriage to Alex Reid is "legal" and genuine.Read

Venables was 'trivial' risk: Report

A psychiatric assessment of James Bulger killer Jon Venables compiled prior to his release said he posed only a "trivial" risk to the public, it has been reported.Read

Budget in two weeks, confirms Brown

The Budget will take place in two weeks, Gordon Brown has confirmed as he made a key speech pledging to pull the economy through the "storm" of recession.Read

£15m bonus bill as Rock cuts losses

Northern Rock will pay £14.9 million in bonuses to staff after losses narrowed last year.Read

Bali bombings suspect shot dead

Indonesia's president said a top-ranked Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the 2002 Bali bombings, in which 28 Britons died, has been identified as the man shot dead by police in a raid on the island of Java.Read

Credit card fraud losses drop 28%

Fraud losses on UK credit and debit cards fell by 28% during 2009 as a raft of industry initiatives paid off, figures show.Read

Standing ovation for Phantom sequel

Andrew Lloyd Webber and stars of Love Never Dies have received a standing ovation at the world premiere of the stage musical.Read

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