Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he is determined to continue taking decisions in the long-term interests of the country, even if they prove unpopular in the short term.

A 19-year-old man has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of 16-year-old schoolboy Jimmy Mizen.

A small minority of yobs were to blame for the violence that marred the Uefa Cup final in Manchester, police and council chiefs said.

Nineteen British holidaymakers missing after being caught up in the Chinese earthquake have been found safe and well, the British ambassador to China has said.

The number of crimes committed by girls has risen by a quarter in three years, according to new figures.

The Government has announced plans to give an extra 4.5 million parents the right to request flexible working, saying it will be a big boost for busy parents.

More than 150 police officers have carried out a series of dawn raids in connection with a string of armed robberies.

An 18-year-old is set to appear in court accused of murdering a man in broad daylight in London's Oxford Street.

Two drug addict brothers have been jailed for life for killing a hard-working father who tried to stop them stealing his £5 van radio.

The Crown Prosecution Service and West Midlands Police are to publicly apologise and pay a six-figure sum for accusing a Channel 4 documentary exposing extremism in Britain's mosques of misleading editing, the broadcaster said.

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