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Conman jailed for Ritz sale scam

A penniless conman has been jailed for five years for an ambitious scam to sell the Ritz hotel for £250 million.Read

Cameron backs Turkey's EU ambitions

Prime Minister David Cameron has called for a step-change in trade links between Britain and Turkey, setting out an ambition of doubling their value over the next five years.Read

Protesters close BP petrol stations

BP petrol stations have been shut down by activists in a bid to urge the oil company to adopt greener energy policies.Read

Soldier dies in Afghanistan blast

A British soldier was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan on Monday, the Ministry of Defence has announced.Read

BP £11bn in red after oil spill

Oil giant BP plunged into the red for the first time in 18 years as it racked up a huge 32.2 billion US dollar (£20.8 billion) bill for the Gulf of Mexico spill.Read

Questions about civilian casualties

Further details of efforts to cover up civilian casualties in Afghanistan have been reported as the fallout from leaked US military files continued.Read

Review into starvation death due

A serious case review into the death of a seven-year-old girl who starved to death will be published today.Read

Drug users 'should face penalties'

Drug users should face civil sanctions such as fines or the loss of their driving licence instead of criminal penalties, a former government drugs adviser has said.Read

Blix set to appear at Iraq Inquiry

The head of the United Nations inspection team which hunted for Saddam Hussein's supposed weapons of mass destruction in the months before the 2003 invasion of Iraq is to give evidence to the Chilcot Inquiry into the war.Read

Tests on bodies of family members

Post-mortem examinations were being carried out on the bodies of two little girls and their parents who were found dead in their family home, police said.Read

Starvation death review published

A serious case review into the death of a seven-year-old girl who starved to death will be published today.Read

Civil service row parties face MPs

Unions and ministers involved in a bitter row over moves to cut civil servants' redundancy pay are due to be questioned on the dispute by MPs.Read

Government's energy policy unveiled

Energy Secretary Chris Huhne is due to set out the Government's policy to secure the UK's energy supplies in the face of warnings of a potential power crisis.Read

MPs to examine police reform plans

Government plans to put the public at the heart of policing in the most radical shake-up of the service in half a century are to come under scrutiny.Read

Broadband speeds misleading - Ofcom

Broadband is getting faster but the gap has widened between actual download speeds and their advertised rates, an Ofcom report said.Read

Elections watchdog wants voter IDs

Ministers should consider requiring voters to produce proof of identity when they go to the polls, the official elections watchdog has said.Read

Inspector hits out at visa failure

Visa controls for applicants from Pakistan who want to settle in the UK failed to protect the UK's border, a watchdog has said.Read

PFI spending 'good value for money'

Taxpayers will pay an extra £500 million to £1 billion over the coming 30 years because of the high financing costs of infrastructure contracts under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) signed by the Labour government during the credit crisis, a report has found.Read

Drug users should face penalties

Drug users should face civil sanctions such as fines or the loss of their driving licence instead of criminal penalties, a former government drugs adviser has said.Read

MPs back Government Academies Bill

MPs have backed the Government's flagship Academies Bill which was rushed through Parliament in time for the start of the summer recess.Read

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