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Australian bowler Stuart MacGill has branded fit-again England spinner Ashley Giles “irrelevant” ahead of the Ashes.

A Briton has been kidnapped from a boat off the Nigerian coast, according to reports.

A police officer involved in the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes has shot dead a robbery suspect, according to reports.

More than 1,500 immigrants arrived in Britain every day last year, Government figures have revealed.

Madonna has not ruled out adopting another child but insists that first she wants to spend time with Malawian baby David Banda.

Sir Alex Ferguson is vowing to wheel out his big guns when Man United visit Celtic looking to reach the last 16 of the Champions League.

A leaked video showing the lavish wedding laid on by Myanmar’s top general for his daughter has sparked outrage across the country.

Detectives investigating the murders of a mother and her four daughters in a fire at their home are waiting to speak to the girls’ father.

Greenpeace activists are staging sit-in protests at one of Britain’s largest power stations.

Liz Hurley is rumoured to have set the date for her wedding to Indian businessman Arun Nayar.

Asbos have become a badge of honour with teenage tearaways boasting about them to impress their friends, a report has warned.

Britain is becoming a “surveillance society”, a new report has warned.

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… The survey for The Scotsman newspaper, six months before Scottish parliamentary elections, will make Scottish Labour nervous as it confirms recent polls …

Jackson Hole Star-Tribune, WY - 18 minutes ago
By DAVID ESPO. AP special sorrespondent Thursday, November 02, 2006. WASHINGTON (AP) — Fearful of damaging his own party in next week's elections, Sen. …