Two women who were raped and abused by their father over 25 years - bearing seven of his children - have been given an apology by the authorities which failed to protect them.

Gordon Brown has admitted that recession-hit Britain faces more "bumps in the road" - but declared he has the character to lead the country to economic recovery.

Blue comic Roy 'Chubby' Brown hit a 21-year-old woman in the face during a foul-mouthed dispute in a supermarket car park, a court has been told.

More than half of Britons would rather shift excess weight through drastic surgery than diet or exercise, a poll has suggested.

Football-mad Gordon Brown made a request to appear alongside former stars of the game on TV's Match of the Day 2, but was turned down.

Paris gossips were trying to sort out fact from fiction as the blogosphere raised tantalising questions about the glamorous pop 'n' politics marriage of President Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni.

A father who stabbed his teenage daughter to death and then drove her dead body around for 10 hours has been found guilty of murder.

A coroner has warned of the dangers of climbing into commercial wheelie bins after a teacher was found dead among rubbish at a waste transfer site after a night out drinking in a seaside city.

The father of a five-year-old British boy held captive in Pakistan has returned to the UK, sources said.

Mystery surrounds the death of 75 starlings after they crashed on to a driveway, an animal charity said.

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