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Police are treating the death of a woman in a house fire sparked by a firework as murder, and warned the culprits that they will be caught.

Karen causes a ruckus when she courts Stanley to relocate, prompting Michael to go on the offensive and recruit Jim in his battle.

A BRAVE mother died minutes after saving her bullied son from a house fire started by yobs who threw a lit firework through her letterbox on Bonfire Night.

Investigators are looking into whether a firework posted through the letterbox of a house could have sparked a blaze which killed a mother.

In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls.

Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty acknowledged on the eve of the meeting that there were "disparate views" on how to address the problem of banks being too big to fail.. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld November 6, 2009 Finance ministers from the world's leading rich and developing countries are gathering in St.

A police force has admitted following up leads supplied by "mystics" after a man's death.

Children living on a remote Scottish island are to hitch a lift to school on what is said to be the world's shortest flight, it was announced today.

THE mother of a soldier who died weeks after being wounded in Afghanistan today remembered her "brave" son as "the best there ever was". Corporal Thomas Mason, known as Tam, from Fife, was caught by an improvised explosive device in Kandahar province on September 15.

The body of Didcot-based Staff Sgt Olaf Schmid has been repatriated to RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire.

Wise, 61, who first represented Ukip before turning independent, spent a year channelling taxpayers' cash into a bank account he secretly controlled.

Britain is using genetic tests on some African asylum seekers in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality, drawing criticism from scientists and provoking outrage from rights groups.

An aunt of abducted schoolgirl Shannon Matthews is facing jail after admitting benefit fraud.

Producers of West End play PRICK UP YOUR EARS have brought the curtain down three weeks early after MATT LUCAS quit to mourn the death of his ex-husband. The Little Britain funnyman was devastated by the shock suicide of his former partner Kevin McGee, who was found hanged at his apartment in Edinburgh, Scotland last month .

What makes a British cultural institution? Style? Sophistication? In the case of comic magazine Viz , the ingredients are swearing, toilet humour, and biting satire.

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Irish Republican Army dissidents pose their greatest security threat in Northern Ireland since the province's peace accord 11 years ago and are being helped by a handful of IRA veterans in plotting attacks, an expert panel said Wednesday.

The Government is seeking urgent talks with General Motors after the car giant's dramatic decision to scrap plans to sell Vauxhall, a move welcomed by union leaders.

The Lloyds banking group has pledged to remain Scotlanda s largest financial sector employer after break-up plans were announced.

A 39-year-old woman was found dead on a railway line just three days after her father was killed on the same stretch of track, it has emerged.