Gordon Brown has pledged fundamental reform to social care of the elderly and disabled in England as the Government warned that the system is facing a £6 billion funding gap within 20 years.

A man was stabbed to death in front of scores of passers-by in Britain's most famous shopping street.

Deep splits among MPs over embryo research were exposed as controversial legislation to extend its use were debated in the Commons.

Police investigating decades of child abuse at a former Jersey children's home confirmed they have found bone fragments and five teeth in a secret underground chamber.

The family and classmates of murdered 16-year-old "gentle giant" Jimmy Mizen remembered him on what would have been his last full day at school.

Two British tourists convicted of involvement in the killing of a Cypriot teenager will face extradition proceedings soon, lawyers have said.

The remains of two small children were found in toy boxes at the home of an elderly woman who died two years ago, police have said.

The radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza has launched a High Court battle against extradition to the US to face terror charges.

Downing Street has insisted that Gordon Brown is confident of leading Labour into the next general election after the party's chief tax rebel urged him to consider his position.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged the Burmese authorities to give "unfettered access" to humanitarian agencies seeking to help survivors of the country's devastating cyclone.

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