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Defence Secretary Liam Fox promised "closer co-operation" with the French today as military budgets face being squeezed on both sides of the Channel.

The pathologist who carried out the first post-mortem examination on newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson, who died at the G20 protest, was suspended from the medical register for three months today.

Union leaders warned today that plans by a county council to axe 1,500 jobs over the next three years because of cuts in Government funds will pile "misery" into a recession-hit region.

Union leaders warned today that plans by a county council to axe 1,500 jobs over the next three years because of cuts in Government funds will pile "misery" into a recession-hit region.

Crime could rise if hundreds of police jobs are axed under controversial Government budget cuts, a chief constable warned today.

A Harley Street psychiatrist who had improper sexual relationships with vulnerable female patients was today ordered to be struck off the medical register.

A council is to axe 1,500 jobs, it was announced today.

A mother who carried the lifeless body of her two-year-old son into a police station was charged with murder today.

A mother who carried the lifeless body of her two-year-old son into a police station was charged with murder today.

One of the UK's biggest banks today announced plans to stock £5 notes in nearly 400 of its cash machines.

One of the UK's biggest banks today announced plans to stock £5 notes in nearly 400 of its cash machines.

Poverty has a far greater influence on the performance of white British pupils at school than any other ethnic group, according to research published today.

Alcohol consumption dropped in the UK at the sharpest rate for 60 years, according to industry figures yesterday.

Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir arrived at the Old Bailey today to face a judge for the first time since fleeing Britain 17 years ago.

William Hague faced fresh questions about his judgement yesterday as he made his first public appearance since the resignation of his special adviser over "untrue and malicious" rumours of a gay relationship between the two men.

The wife of Commons Speaker John Bercow criticised William Hague today for detailing his wife's miscarriages in his statement denying a gay relationship with an aide.

The wife of Commons Speaker John Bercow criticised William Hague today for detailing his wife's miscarriages in his statement denying a gay relationship with an aide.

Gordon Brown is said to be "seething" and "dismayed" about Tony Blair's searing criticism of him in his memoirs but yesterday told aides not to respond in kind.