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Labour 'will save public services'

The big dividing line at the coming general election will be between a Labour Party determined to protect frontline services and a Conservative Party seeking "blanket public spending costs", Gordon Brown said.Read

Iran 'conducts missile exercises'

The Iranian military has staged missile exercises in a move that is sure to further inflame an international row over the country's nuclear capability.Read

Mother's fears over Goody widower

The mother of Jack Tweed who is in prison awaiting trial on a rape charge has told of her distress at his threats to commit suicide.Read

McCartney, 10, calls Queen pretty

A prize-winning essay written by Sir Paul McCartney in 1953 to celebrate the Queen's coronation has been made public.Read

Polls to open in German election

Germans are set to decide whether to return the nation's first woman chancellor to a second term in office following a lackluster campaign centred largely on economic issues and a rash of last-minute threats by Islamic extremists.Read

Labour lost will to live: Darling

Alistair Darling has castigated Labour for looking like it has lost "the will to live" and urged the party to mount a spirited fightback as a general election approaches.Read

Death toll rises after flooding

Philippine officials said the number of dead or missing from Tropical Storm Ketsana has climbed to at least 72 people.Read

Cleric accused of sex offence dead

A Cambridge University cleric under investigation for sex offences died at home after apparently being asphyxiated, police sources said.Read

PM to legislate on debt reduction

Gordon Brown wants to enshrine in law his commitment to rapidly reducing Britain's massive debts, he has announced.Read

Thousands to protest spending cuts

Thousands of people are expected to join a huge protest at Labour's annual conference against public spending cuts as well as anger over the UK's continued involvement in the conflict in Afghanistan.Read

PM: Poll will be fight of our lives

Gordon Brown has admitted that Labour faced the fight of its life to win the next general election.Read

Baroness accused on maid passport

The Attorney General's illegal immigrant housekeeper claimed her former employer never saw her passport, it was reported.Read

Darling sounds Labour rallying call

Alistair Darling has castigated Labour for looking like it has lost "the will to live" and urged the party to mount a spirited fightback as a general election approaches.Read

Gaddafi denies Megrahi release deal

Colonel Gaddafi has said no deal was done to secure the release of the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.Read

Doctors 'must report knife crime'

Doctors will be told to report knife injuries to the police and can pass on the patient's personal information, according to new guidelines.Read

Ex-mayor Livingstone marries at zoo

Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone has married his long-term partner Emma Beal at London Zoo.Read

Voters prefer Cameron as PM - poll

Voters think David Cameron would make a better prime minister than Gordon Brown by two to one, according to a new poll.Read

Miliband eyes Iran nuclear solution

Iran must take "concrete steps" to calm fears over its nuclear ambitions, David Miliband said, as he refused to rule out the prospect of military action against the country.Read

Bag woman dumped weeks after death

The body of a woman found in a suitcase on farmland is believed to have been kept elsewhere before being dumped at the remote spot, police said.Read

University dean found dead at home

A Cambridge University cleric has been found dead at his home, police said.Read

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