Lost data disc 'not in wrong hands'

7:29pm Sunday 7th September 2008

A lost computer disc containing personal details about thousands of justice staff is not thought to have fallen into the wrong hands, a Government minister said.

Call for checks of recycled rubbish

7:29pm Sunday 7th September 2008

Councils must keep track of recycled rubbish to ensure it is not dumped illegally in poor countries, local government leaders have said.

Cameron hints at Tory tax cuts

7:29pm Sunday 7th September 2008

David Cameron has hinted at the possibility of tax cuts under a Conservative government, saying that it was right for those who "put their backs into the British economy" to be rewarded.

Nationwide in advanced merger talks

7:29pm Sunday 7th September 2008

Mortgage lender Nationwide has said it was in advanced talks over mergers with the Derbyshire and Cheshire building societies.

Sats 'set to be scrapped next year'

7:29pm Sunday 7th September 2008

Next year's Sats tests could be the last, Schools Secretary Ed Balls has signalled.

Teenager `fatally stabbed in fight`

7:29pm Sunday 7th September 2008

A teenager stabbed to death after rival "postcode" gangs clashed at a girl's birthday party has been named by sources as Dale Robertson.

Flood fears ease as rains slow

7:29pm Sunday 7th September 2008

Fears of floods crippling Britain have eased overnight despite concerns rain could see water levels continue to rise.

Man held over canal boat deaths

7:29pm Sunday 7th September 2008

Police have arrested a man over the murder of two people on a canal boat.

Ministers reject cap on immigration

7:29pm Sunday 7th September 2008

Ministers have rejected proposals for a cap on immigration, ahead of a cross-party report which is expected to call for a sharp reduction in the numbers allowed to settle in the UK.

Civil servants to vote over action

7:29pm Sunday 7th September 2008

Hundreds of thousands of civil servants are to be balloted on whether to take industrial action for at least three months in a bitter dispute with the Government over pay.

Flood fears ease as rains slow

Updated 7:29pm Sunday 7th September 2008

Fears of floods crippling Britain have eased overnight despite concerns rain could see water levels continue to rise.

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