Sponsorship of campaign criticised

7:41am Friday 9th January 2009

A Government campaign to fight obesity with the help of food companies has been strongly criticised by a leading medical journal.

Extend state-funded training call

7:41am Friday 9th January 2009

The Government has been urged to extend state-funded training to all workers facing redundancy as part of measures to lessen the impact of the looming recession.

Brown highlights spending programme

7:41am Friday 9th January 2009

Gordon Brown is due to visit a newly-built secondary school to highlight the massive public spending programme which he hopes will help Britain beat recession.

Marriage rumours on Kate's birthday

7:41am Friday 9th January 2009

Prince William's girlfriend Kate Middleton has turned 27, as speculation grows that the couple will announce their engagement this year.

Email law 'attack on civil liberty'

7:41am Friday 9th January 2009

Looming rules that will force internet companies to keep details of every email sent in the UK are an attack on privacy and a waste of money, it has been claimed.

Police honoured over airport attack

7:41am Friday 9th January 2009

Police who helped thwart a bid to murder hundreds of holidaymakers in a car bomb attack at Glasgow Airport are to be be honoured later.

56,000 jobs at risk in three cities

7:41am Friday 9th January 2009

Three of the UK's leading cities could lose over 50,000 jobs, more than 5% of the total, over the next three years if the recession digs deep into the economy, a new report has predicted.

Miliband hails Gaza ceasefire call

7:41am Friday 9th January 2009

Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said the United Nations had "served its purpose" after a British-crafted resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire was adopted by the Security Council.

Plea to watchdog on hospital deaths

7:41am Friday 9th January 2009

A health watchdog should issue damning verdicts over the "premature" deaths of six NHS patients with learning difficulties including a man who spent 26 days in hospital without food, a charity has said.

Companies 'losing confidence in PM'

7:41am Friday 9th January 2009

Business confidence in Prime Minister Gordon Brown's handling of the economy has crumbled over the past few months, according to a poll.