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Banks urged to pass on rate cut

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that he would be speaking to banks to press them to pass on the latest interest rate cut to borrowers. Read

Honda staff face redundancy

Honda will pull out of Formula One unless a buyer can be found by the end of the month, it said. Read

Missionary couple held in Gambia

A British couple are enduring a seventh day in custody after being arrested for sedition while working as Christian missionaries in the Muslim state of Gambia. Read

Boys to be sentenced for gang rape

Nine schoolboy rapists are due to be sentenced for carrying out an attack on a 14-year-old girl. Read

Social workers 'warned of Matthews'

The role of social services in the life of Shannon Matthews is being closely scrutinised following her mother's conviction for kidnapping her own daughter. Read

Menezes jurors resume deliberations

The jury in the inquest of Jean Charles de Menezes is resuming its deliberations after relatives of the Brazilian staged a courtroom protest. Read

MoD to name Iraq gun death soldier

A British soldier killed in southern Iraq after suffering a gunshot wound to the head is expected to be named by the Ministry of Defence. Read

Lib Dems snub Speaker's committee

Plans by Speaker Michael Martin to set up a committee to look into last week's police raid at the House of Commons are hanging in the balance after Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg announced his party will boycott it. Read

Banks urged to pass on interest cut

Pressure is mounting on banks to pass on the full benefits of the interest rate cut to struggling homeowners and businesses. Read

Criticism over poverty chief's pay

A Government-owned business set up to help alleviate poverty in the developing world paid its chief executive almost £1 million last year, a report has revealed. Read

EU leaders tackle cash crisis

Gordon Brown will host a crunch summit with European leaders to discuss the economic crisis next week, it has emerged. Read

Foreign workers 'earn 7p an hour'

Foreign workers making clothes for high street fashion chain Primark are existing on as little as 7p an hour as living costs soar, a charity alleged. Read

£250m funding to train scientists

A quarter of a billion pounds is to be invested in training scientists and engineers to tackle the problems Britain faces. Read

Jobs set to be axed at Tory HQ

The Conservative Party is cutting the workforce at its London headquarters by as much as 10% because of the difficult financial climate. Read

More MPs rebel under PM Brown

Labour MPs rebelled on more occasions during Gordon Brown's first full parliamentary session as Prime Minister than during the whole of Tony Blair's first four-year term in office, a new report has shown. Read

Soldier shot in head in Iraq

A British soldier has died in southern Iraq after suffering a gunshot wound to the head, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said. Read

Teddy bears blast off into space

Four teddies have taken a giant leap for bear-kind after being blasted to the edge of space by university boffins. Read

Menezes family in courtroom protest

Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes staged a courtroom protest - just minutes before jurors were sent out to consider their verdicts. Read

Brown defends mortgage break scheme

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the Government's plan to give struggling homeowners a two-year mortgage payment holiday would make people "feel more secure in the downturn". Read

Santa punch-up park is closed

A Christmas Lapland style attraction dubbed a "glorified car boot sale" by disgruntled visitors has closed. Read

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