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Diane Abbott warns against "anointing" Labour's next leader, saying the party must show it has "moved on" from Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

Tony Blair and other former prime ministers should pay towards their police protection, a Labour MP says.

The number of crimes recorded in Scotland falls to its lowest level in three decades, according to the latest statistics.

UK tax authorities are bracing themselves for a deluge of complaints and enquiries after sending out fresh tax calculations.

Pilots, firefighters, nurses and ambulance workers gather 70 years after battling through eight months of bombing raids over Britain's industrial centres.

Bob Diamond is to become chief executive of Barclays, while HSBC chairman Stephen Green steps down to become a government trade minister.

The NI first minister, Peter Robinson, has warned that the expected cuts in public expenditure could be devastating for the local economy.

Australian author Peter Carey, who has already won the Man Booker prize twice, has made the shortlist for this year's prize.

The Welsh NHS faces making £380m worth of cutbacks by April, with managers saying it is the biggest challenge they have faced in 20 years.

A 17-year-old is jailed for eight-and-a-half years after killing a father in a hit-and-run incident in Edinburgh.

Despite significant improvements in cancer survival rates across England, regional differences remain, national statistics show.

Sony has released a "minor" update for its PlayStation 3 that closes a loophole that allowed users to run pirated software.

Online grocery retailer Ocado sees sales rose nearly 30% in the last quarter, but fails to prevent further share price falls.

More than one million people tune in to see the launch of ITV's new breakfast show Daybreak, but the BBC wins the ratings battle.

Some services resume on the London Underground following severe disruption on the first morning of a series of 24-hour strikes.

Detectives investigating the death of a newborn baby girl found dumped in a garden are still trying to trace the mother.

David Haye will make the second defence of his WBA heavyweight title against fellow Brit and Olympic gold medallist Audley Harrison.

David Cameron returns to work following paternity leave telling his cabinet "this is the time the rubber hits the road".

A dispute has broken out in a Plymouth street after a resident lets trees surrounding his property grow to 35ft.

Six months after Iraq's parliamentary elections, an Iraqi minister warns that the political deadlock is damaging the security situation in the country.