The highest ranking Army officer to be killed since the Falklands War is one of the two latest casualties in Afghanistan.

A London council withdraws its action against a mother it accused of lying to gain a school place.

Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw angers Tories by saying "a deep strain of homophobia still exists on the Conservative benches".

The number of jobs lost in the US last month came in at 467,000, which is much more than had been expected.

US marshalls seize the $7m Manhattan penthouse of imprisoned fraudster Bernard Madoff, forcing his wife to move.

The International Monetary Fund tells Zimbabwe it will not provide more funds until it has settled its existing $1bn debts.

The number of jobs lost in the US last month came in at 467,000, which is much more than had been expected.

The International Monetary Fund tells Zimbabwe it will not provide more funds until it has settled its existing $1bn debts.

The author of an influential report into the future of pensions in the UK tells the BBC his proposals were not radical enough.

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