Gordon Brown has lavished praise on the UK's Olympic athletes as Team GB celebrated another day of gold medal success.

Shamed rock star Gary Glitter has been left in limbo after refusing to board a flight to the UK following his release from a Vietnamese prison.

The UK mortgage market is expected to shrink by nearly 20% this year as the credit crunch continues to take its toll on lenders, according to a report.

England's poorest students' chances of GCSE success are a "postcode lottery", it has been claimed.

Almost two million teenagers have left school without gaining a single good GCSE, it has been claimed.

Measures to tighten controls on the movements of paedophiles have been announced by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.

Foreign Secretary David Miliband visited Georgia as Nato stepped up pressure on Russia to withdraw its forces from the former Soviet state.

VAT rates should be reformed to make sustainable consumer goods "more economically attractive" as part of a bid to end the UK's throwaway culture, a Lords committee has suggested.

Talks aimed at averting a series of planned airport strikes that could wreck bank holiday travel plans for millions will take place on Wednesday.

Reality TV star Jade Goody broke down in tears as she arrived back in the UK after being diagnosed with cancer.

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