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Environmentalists fear the UK government's draft energy bill to be published on Tuesday will end in a new "dash for gas".

A single 30% rate of income tax is needed in order to boost growth in the UK, according to a report by a campaign group and business leaders.

Thames Water relaxes its hosepipe ban for gardening businesses after record rainfall reduces the severity of drought conditions.

Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb has died aged 62 following a lengthy battle with cancer, his family say.

Nine out of the ten poorest areas in England are in the north-west, a church charity survey shows.

A growing number of people are failing to save anything for their retirement - leaving them in a "precarious" position, a pensions provider says.

Many professionals and members of the public are unsure what to do in cases of suspected child neglect, research suggests.

Shoppers deserted Scotland's high streets last month as footfall fell by nearly a fifth, according to a survey by retailers.

Prime Minister David Cameron warns EU leaders that uncertainty over the eurozone cannot be allowed to go on beyond upcoming elections in Greece.

A second man is charged with the murder of a 40-year-old widower who was found stabbed to death in his Brighton flat.

Bellaghy parish priest Fr Andrew Dolan says teenager Lauren O'Neill died trying to protect her sister, as police charge a man with the shooting.

Thousands of people turned out to see rock band Muse carry the Olympic flame in their Devon hometown on the second day of the torch relay.

UK customers of HSBC report problems using cash machines, making card payments and online transactions, but the bank says the problem is fixed.

Thousands turn out to see rock band Muse carry the Olympic flame in their home town of Teignmouth, on day two of the Olympic torch relay.

Crowds and cheers as Olympic torch heads for Exeter

David Cameron says Lockerbie bomer Abdelbaset al-Megrahi should never have been released from prison, while Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond says the investigation will continue.

West Indies mount a stirring fightback to raise their hopes of pulling off an unlikely victory over England in the first Test at Lord's.

Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi dies at home in Tripoli, nearly three years after he was controversially freed from a Scottish prison.

First Minister Alex Salmond says the victims of the Lockerbie bombing should be remembered, after the death of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.

Thousands of Chelsea fans cheer on the squad during a parade to celebrate their team's Champions League victory in Munich.