The UK Border Agency has been criticised over the slow progress being made to improvements in the efficiency of asylum applications.
The extent of taxpayer support towards maintaining financial stability in the UK has been "truly staggering", an influential committee of MPs has said.
MPs have today called for "radical changes to teacher training" to improve achievements of school children in the UK.
Iran has heaped pressure on the west by officially notifying the United Nations nuclear watchdog that it will begin enriching higher-grade nuclear fuel from tomorrow onwards.
Metropolitan police commander Ali Dizaei has been sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of threatening and falsely arresting a man.
David Cameron has attacked Gordon Brown and his style of leadership as it was announced Labour had withdrawn the whip from three MPs facing criminal charges.
Former foreign secretary Jack Straw has rejected claims he ignored advice that invading Iraq without a second UN resolution would have been illegal.
The UK is set to experience extreme winter weather once again this week, meteorologists have forecast, with snowfall hitting London and the south-east today.
Costa Ricans have elected their first-ever female president after Laura Chinchilla's nearest rivals conceded defeat.
Beer could help to prevent weak bones and the likelihood of developing bone-related diseases such as osteoporosis, researchers have claimed.
There are reports the Spanish bank Santander could be considering floating a stake in its UK arm on the London Stock Exchange.
Gordon Brown has promised every cancer patient in England and Wales will be offered one-on-one specialist care if Labour are re-elected for a fourth in office.
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Sir John Dankworth, a man seen as one of the founders of British jazz music, has died at the age of 82.
Ahead of the release on A Single Mane, Firth talks of contemporary parallels with the film, its style and Tom Ford's approach to directing.
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The star of the Oscar-nominated The Princess and the Frog talks Disney's return to traditional animation, the magic of New Orleans and her place in cinema history.
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