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Investigations begin into the cause of a tower block fire which left six people, including three children, dead.

British diplomats are trying to establish if Iran intends to act on its threat to prosecute staff from the UK's Tehran embassy.

BT offers staff the chance of long holidays in return for a big pay cut in a bid to reduce costs during the economic downturn.

British forces on a major operation in Afghanistan say they have encountered little resistance from the Taliban.

Ministers must fund more university places in England, or risk forcing tens of thousands of teenagers onto the dole, an MP warns.

The number of pensioners filing for bankruptcy has increased threefold over the past five years, research shows.

Government officials refuse to name dozens of prisoners who have escaped from an open prison.

The two crew of an RAF jet fighter who were killed when it crashed into a hillside in Argyll have been named.

A man acquitted of killing his ex-girlfriend seven years ago is found guilty after a new trial under double jeopardy laws.

Tony Blair sported a faint black eye as he accepted an award earlier, after an a "gym-related accident".