A man will appear in court charged with the murder of 16-year-old "gentle giant" Jimmy Mizen.

The postal regulator has called for a "radical transformation" of the Royal Mail and warned that its letters business would decline speedily unless action is taken.

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

Police have expressed their disappointment after the Uefa Cup Final was marred by clashes between fans and riot police.

The Foreign Office is investigating reports that 19 British tourists missing after being caught up in the Chinese earthquake have been found.

Gordon Brown will continue his political fightback as he faces a media grilling on the Government's troubles and his plans to recover from them.

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.

Children under 16 are to be included in the Government's flagship crime figures for the first time, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced.

The Duke of York is backing one of the Government's most controversial education schemes by becoming president of an academy school.

Two drug addict brothers labelled "low-life and scumbags" by police will be sentenced for killing a hard-working father who tried stop them stealing his van radio.

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