Chancellor Alistair Darling is to announce a comprehensive rescue package for the embattled banks on Wednesday. more
China has closed down three companies and arrested several people involved in food and drug scandals that have caused alarm both at home and abroad.
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Troubled bank Halifax Bank of Scotland has agreed to sell its Australian banking business for £1.2 billion in a bid to... more
High street bank Alliance & Leicester has been fined a record £7 million for "serious failings" over selling techniques... more
The UK is "very concerned" about Iran's nuclear ambitions and human rights record, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said... more
A senior policewoman was accused of giving "reckless" orders as events spiralled out of her control and ended in Jean... more
Motorsport boss Max Mosley plans to challenge the UK's privacy laws in the European Court of Human Rights, he said. more
Diabetes costs the NHS £1 million an hour, according to a new report. more
An increasing number of firms are preparing to make workers redundant because of the economic downturn amid a sharp drop... more
A strike hit Scotland's rail network causing travel misery for thousands of commuters. more
A jury accused police of "institutionalised complacency" as it convicted an officer of careless driving following the... more
A Church of England clergyman has been condemned by his own diocese after he wrote that gay men should be forced to have... more
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