Prime Minister Gordon Brown has set out his plans for the coming year in a draft Queen's Speech which he said would create a "fairer, more prosperous" Britain.

Gordon Brown has been accused of "betraying" more than a million people still left worse off despite his 10p tax rate U-turn.

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe has instructed a top legal team to use human rights legislation to establish the minimum time he must serve behind bars.

The economic slowdown hit the jobs market when the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance rose at the highest rate for two years, fuelling a big rise in unemployment.

Bank of England Governor Mervyn King has braced households for a further budget squeeze as policymakers struggle to get a grip on runaway inflation.

Lawyers for relatives of an Iraqi civilian who died in British custody have claimed they had won their battle for an independent inquiry into the incident.

The police investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann will reportedly stay shrouded in secrecy for at least another three months.

Police think it is unlikely that serial killer Steve Wright murdered missing estate agent Suzy Lamplugh, it has emerged.

Ministry of Defence staff recorded sightings of alien craft over Wallasey Town Hall and a saucer-shaped Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) hovering over Waterloo Bridge, it has been revealed.

The former partner of Shannon Matthews' mother has appeared in court on charges of possessing child pornography.

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