Another 3,000 post offices could be forced to close if subpostmasters lose the right to handle state pensions and benefit payments, the Government was warned.

Some soldiers are so hard up they are having to be issued with food vouchers to pay for their meals, an internal Army report has revealed.

Prayers will be said across the UK for the thousands of people displaced in the Burmese cyclone crisis, as aid agencies face a desperate bid to get supplies and volunteers to the survivors.

A public consultation will be launched to discuss the future of social care which is heading towards a £6 billion funding gap within 20 years, it was reported.

Gordon Brown is expected to try to reclaim the political initiative this week, setting out his draft Queen's Speech programme for the autumn with promises of new measures on schools and health.

A teenager murdered the day after his 16th birthday was killed in an unprovoked attack after he refused to take part in a fight, police said.

Prospects for the UK economy have worsened and the Bank of England must act swiftly if the country is to avoid a marked downturn, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has warned.

The number of police officers wounded in shootings has increased by 60% in four years, according to figures released by the Conservatives.

Labour could be heading for defeat in a crucial by-election in 10 days' time, according to an opinion poll.

Science can tell us what is possible but it is up to individuals to decide what is right, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said ahead of the second reading of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.

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