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Pressure on Fox over Werritty funds

Liam Fox is facing more pressure over his role in soliciting donations used to fund close friend Adam Werritty.Read

Church services as demo continues

Church services at St Paul's Cathedral have taken place as normal despite a makeshift camp set up by anti-capitalist protesters in London's financial district.Read

Free parenting lessons trialled

Some 50,000 families are to be given free parenting lessons as part of the coalition's drive to make society more responsible.Read

Inmates taken to court in taxis

A security firm with a Government contract worth a potential £420 million for transporting prisoners to court has been moving defendants about in black cabs.Read

Africa drought aid appeal hits £72m

British aid agencies have raised £72 million for drought victims in East Africa, the highest total ever for a food crisis.Read

Temperatures set to drop across UK

Cold winds, frost and even some snow are to hit Britain this week, signalling the end of the October heatwave.Read

Arrest after two-hour shop siege

A man has surrendered himself to police after being found in a shop apparently carrying an axe.Read

Protesters vow to continue demo

Anti-capitalist protesters in London are continuing their demonstration after the movement that began with Occupy Wall Street movement spread worldwide.Read

US: We're out of Iraq by January

The US is abandoning plans to keep troops in Iraq past an end-of-year withdrawal deadline.Read

Royal accolade for Wootton Bassett

The role of the town of Wootton Bassett in commemorating the members of the armed forces who have died while on service abroad is to be recognised with the awarding of the "Royal" accolade.Read

Army 'must rely on private firms'

Defence cuts mean British military commanders will have to rely on private security firms to carry out future operations, a retired general has said.Read

Britons want immigration reduced

Most Britons want to see immigration reduced, but think the Government should focus on cutting the number of illegal immigrants and asylum seekers instead of foreign students and skilled workers, a survey has showed.Read

Funds plea from poison spy widow

The widow of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko has launched an appeal for donations to help her expose her husband's murderers at the inquest into his death.Read

Fox 'misled backers over donations'

Liam Fox is facing more pressure over his involvement in soliciting donations for a company that funded close friend Adam Werrity.Read

Soldier shot dead in Afghanistan

A British soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said.Read

Majority back Scottish independence

Scottish independence now has majority backing north of the border and in the UK as a whole, according to a new poll.Read

Miliband call for energy bill cuts

Energy firms should use soaring profits to cut "crippling" bills for consumers, Ed Miliband insisted.Read

Widen Fox probe, Labour demands

Labour has called for the probe into Liam Fox's links with friend and lobbyist Adam Werritty to be broadened despite his resignation as Defence Secretary.Read

EU summit crucial to solving crisis

Eurozone leaders must take "impressive" action next weekend to get a grip on the crisis wracking the global economy, George Osborne said.Read

Stock exchange occupation blocked

Police on Saturday prevented anti-capitalist activists from occupying the London Stock Exchange (LSE).Read