Gordon Brown invoked the spirit of the Blitz as he promised Britain would "lead the way" through the global financial crisis.

Millions of people with pension schemes that invest primarily in shares may not be aware of the risks to their retirement nest egg, a non-profit organisation warned.

Petrol retailers have called for a freeze on fuel duty to help reduce forecourt prices even further.

One of the UK's leading cancer treatment centres has revealed it could lose £7.5 million as more casualties of the Icelandic banking system's meltdown emerged.

A man has been charged with having a deadly key fob gun, police said.

A company which manufactures luxury motor boats and yachts is set to shed more than 290 jobs due to the global economic downturn.

Tony and Cherie Blair are selling one of two flats they bought with the help of a convicted fraudster, it has been reported.

A British man has spoken of his grief at the loss of his wife and one of his twin daughters who died after being swept away by floods in Spain.

The fiancee of Glasgow Airport car bomb hero John Smeaton flew in from the US to be at his hospital bedside after an asthma attack.

A grandmother with terminal cancer who faced moving to Scotland to get life-saving drugs free on the NHS has won her battle with health bosses in England to fund the medication that is keeping her alive.

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