Gordon Brown's lieutenants may come to regret blaming the loss of Crewe & Nantwich on voters' economic worries. The truth is the government has very little scope to ease their pain.

The family of a girl killed by a police car have called on people to wait for the outcome of an inquiry into the death and "not spread rumours".

Young golfers from 34 countries have converged on East Lothian for a massive international tournament. Almost 500 children, aged from seven to 14, are taking part in the inaugural US Kids Golf European Championship at Gullane.

A third man has been arrested in connection with an investigation into abuse at a former care home in Jersey. Police said the 45-year-old, from Jersey, was arrested on Thursday.

County Antrim man who died in a motorcycle crash after the 2007 North West 200 was over the legal drink-drive limit, an inquest has heard.

A parachutist was left suspended 60ft (18m) in the air after crash landing in a tree in a church graveyard. Adam Bell, 21, was just 100 yards from his landing area after jumping from 10,000ft in a leap organised via Peterlee Parachute Centre in Durham

Plans to computerise the NHS in England could face further delays after a contract with a key supplier was terminated, the BBC has learned.

Transport services in rural areas are feeling the effects of ever-rising fuel prices, it has been warned. Tory MSP John Lamont said rural bus routes were in doubt, with the news of higher fuel bills forcing one Jeburgh firm to end its council contract