POLICE failed to check their own records on a convicted arsonist who went on to kill his young stepson in a blaze, a damning report reveals.
Gordon Brown declared his determination to build on the strength of US-British relations as he prepared to fly out for his first meeting with President George Bush.
Almost two thirds of people in Yorkshire do not think the Government has done enough to help flood hit areas, according to a survey.
Former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Stevens is to be quizzed for the Diana inquest over alleged "gross discrepancies" relating to whether the driver in the case was drunk.