Bigelow wins Oscar for Hurt Locker

Kathryn Bigelow has made history at the Oscars after becoming the first woman to win the Best Director award.Read

Oscars disappointment for UK stars

Bookies' favourites Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock have won the best acting Oscars, dashing British hopes.Read

Teenage soldiers die in Afghanistan

Two teenagers have been named as the latest British military deaths in Afghanistan.Read

Clegg slams Cameron economy claim

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is due to accuse David Cameron of resorting to "a crude form of blackmail" in stoking up fear of "economic meltdown" if the Conservatives fail to win the upcoming general election outright.Read

Tests to indentify flat plunge trio

Tests to establish the identities of three people who plunged to their deaths from a high rise block of flats are expected to take place.Read

Silence over Bulger killer recall

Ministers are resisting intense pressure to reveal more about the recall to prison of James Bulger killer Jon Venables.Read

Stars gather in bid for Oscar glory

Hollywood's biggest stars and Britain's hopefuls shone on the red carpet ahead of the Oscar ceremony.Read

Civil servants strike over pay

Up to 270,000 civil servants are due to launch a 48-hour strike in a row over redundancy pay - hitting courts, ports, jobcentres, benefit offices, tax centres and emergency police call centres.Read

New laws to curb kerb-crawlers

Kerb-crawlers can be arrested on their first offence under new laws designed to tackle the demand for prostitution, Home Office minister Alan Campbell said.Read

MoD to curtail Afghanistan reports

British journalists' access to military operations in Afghanistan is to be restricted during the general election campaign in order to avoid accusations that the armed forces are being used for political purposes, it has been confirmed.Read

Cameron 'weak' over Ashcroft affair

The row over Conservative donor Lord Ashcroft's tax status has exposed David Cameron's "fundamental weakness" and his inability to change the Tory Party, senior Cabinet minister Lord Mandelson has claimed.Read

Tributes to army sharpshooter

Tributes have been paid to an Army sharpshooter killed in Afghanistan.Read

Tributes to 'inspirational' soldier

Tributes have been paid to an "inspirational" soldier who died in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan.Read

Soldier shot dead in Afghanistan

A British soldier was shot dead in Afghanistan after his patrol base came under attack from insurgents, the Ministry of Defence said.Read

Miliband condemns Iraq poll attacks

Foreign Secretary David Miliband condemned terror attacks which killed 36 people as Iraq went to the polls.Read

Memorial for murdered soldiers

Solemn tributes have been paid to two British soldiers murdered in Northern Ireland on the first anniversary of their deaths as detectives renewed appeals for help catching the killers.Read

Baby boy 'left with burial note'

A newly-born baby who died after being abandoned near a mosque was found with a note asking for help to bury him, police have confirmed.Read

Three die in plunge from flats

Three people have died after falling from a high rise building.Read

Pakistan 'closing in on kidnappers'

Police are closing in on the men who kidnapped a five-year-old British boy in central Pakistan last week, authorities have said.Read

Afghan vehicles pledge questioned

Conservatives have accused the Government of cutting by half the number of new patrol vehicles to be purchased for troops in Afghanistan to replace vulnerable Snatch Land Rovers.Read

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