Pay deals falling behind inflation

6:00am Friday 29th August 2008

Average pay deals are increasing, but they are still falling further behind the rising rate of inflation, according to a report.

Search teams to enter fire-hit home

6:00am Friday 29th August 2008

Investigators are hoping to be able to enter the fire-ravaged home of a missing millionaire and his family amid fears they may be dead inside.

Abbey latest to cut mortgage rates

6:00am Friday 29th August 2008

Abbey has become the latest lender to announce it was cutting its mortgage rates in a further sign that competition is returning to the market.

Zoom travellers seeking way home

6:00am Friday 29th August 2008

Hundreds of travellers left stranded following the collapse of low-fare airline Zoom are facing up to the fact they will have to make their own way home.

MP issues fuel poverty warning

6:00am Friday 29th August 2008

A group of backbench MPs is willing to take the Government "right to the line" to help those struggling to pay their fuel bills, former welfare minister Frank Field has warned.

Presenter Fiona Phillips quits GMTV

6:00am Friday 29th August 2008

TV presenter Fiona Phillips is leaving GMTV after 12 years to devote more time to her children and her elderly father, her agent has confirmed.

Hospital care discrepancies found

6:00am Friday 29th August 2008

Patients may have a vastly different experience of NHS hospital care depending on whether they live in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, it has been reported.

Force denies discrimination claims

6:00am Friday 29th August 2008

The Metropolitan Police has issued a sharp rebuke to one of its most senior officers who is accusing the force of race discrimination.

Court to rule on 'torture' evidence

6:00am Friday 29th August 2008

The High Court is due to announce whether it will order the Government to disclose 'secret' material which an al-Qaeda suspect says supports his case that evidence against him was obtained by torture.

Three to face PM death plot charges

6:00am Friday 29th August 2008

Three men are due to appear in court charged over an alleged plot to assassinate the Prime Minister.

MP issues fuel poverty warning

Updated 2:32am Friday 29th August 2008

A group of backbench MPs is willing to take the Government "right to the line" to help those struggling to pay their fuel bills, former welfare minister Frank Field has warned.

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