Australia's worst ever bushfires have left nearly 100 people dead and hundreds homeless as blazes continue to rage amid fears the death-toll could rise even further.

Chancellor calls for change in banking culture to stop big bonuses being paid to executives presiding over failure.

Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, has admitted claiming tax payer-funded accommodation allowances while staying as a lodger at her sister's home.

Claims of Polish men given jobs barred to Britons after it emerged another house boat is being moored in Kent to provide accomodation.

Up to 50,000 teenagers in the UK are involved in gangs, a thinktank will warn this week.

Nicolas Sarkozy and other European leaders have suggested that Britain is badly placed to weather the recession. While Chancellor, Mr Brown was resented for using meetings of European Union finance ministers to lecture them on the virtues of "prudence".

The head of Sanlu, who was sentenced to life imprisonment after 300,000 infants were poisoned, believes that the local authorities were aware of the problems at Sanlu but failed to act.

Carol Thatcher has received death threats over her comments likening a black tennis player to a "golliwog".

A foster mother with 10 years' experience was struck off after a Muslim girl in her care converted to Christianity, it has emerged.

Prince Philip went to church, his first appearance since injuring his back.