Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said the Government would do "everything in our power" to secure the release of British hostages being held in Iraq.

Gordon Brown has called for "justice" for the Palestinian people, condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

Paying bonuses to surgeons based on the outcomes of operations is too "simplistic" and could discourage doctors from treating high-risk patients, the British Medical Association has warned.

Anglican bishops from around the world have gathered for the opening service of the Lambeth Conference at Canterbury Cathedral.

The US company at the centre of a marking fiasco over tests for 11 to 14 year olds has said it was paying for hotel rooms and facilities at a top hotel where its markers have been staying for the past four weeks.

A two-year-old girl has died after an accident in a swimming pool on a family holiday to Turkey, official sources said.

Happy hours in pubs and clubs could be banned in an attempt to promote responsible drinking, a government spokesperson has said.

An additional investment of £720 million is needed to prevent a repetition of the devastation caused by last summer's floods, an insurance firm has warned.

Over half of British pensioners are struggling to live on a low income and are missing out on thousands in pension credits, statistics have revealed.

Ireland's golf hero Padraig Harrington has joined an elite band of sportsmen by winning the Open Championship two years in a row, and in style.

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