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Ahtia Tabasim, 28, had been married for just five months and was expecting her first child with her husband when she was killed in a crash near her home in Birmingham on Sunday.

Gina Allen, 18, and Danny Creamer, 21, say they are entitled to claim 17k benefits because it's unfair to expect people to live on the minimum wage.

Government plans to redraw constituency boundaries before 2015, which split Tories and Lib Dems, are defeated in the House of Commons.

A 21-year-old man is charged with the manslaughter of County Monaghan teenager Jason McGovern.

Ken Clarke’s U-turn over some of the more sinister provisions of his plan for secret court hearings shows he has heeded crucial objections raised by defenders of our ancient liberties, who gave it a deserved savaging in the Lords.

Microsoft launches its new Office software suite which attempts to make its core productivity software easier to use on touch-screen PCs.

Jack Andraka (pictured) from Crownsville, Maryland, developed a simple dip-stick test for levels of mesothelin, a biomarker for early stage pancreatic cancer found in blood and urine.

Model and TV personality Alicia Douvall, who has had many cosmetic procedures, said she was encouraged to have more operations.

Nurseries and childminders in England are to be allowed to look after more children, in a package ministers say will improve quality and cut costs.

A father killed the man he blamed for causing his son's drugs overdose death before hanging himself, an inquest rules.

An investigation is launched after a soldier dies on a mountain in the Brecon Beacons.

The FTSE 100 Index was able to build on its best start to a year in more than two decades, closing up 44.8 points to 6339.2, after strong performances from BP, Centrica and Rio Tinto.

Rupert Murdoch apologises for a "grotesque, offensive cartoon" by Gerald Scarfe in the Sunday Times, that brought complaints of anti-Semitism.

A fu-fair worker who raped a 14-year-old girl after forcing her to drink alcohol has won damages at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

The UK's exam system faces greater fragmentation, as qualifications in Wales will not follow changes planned for England.

Sir Alex Ferguson is charged by the Football Association over comments he made about an official after Manchester United's game at Tottenham.

The UK is to deploy about 330 military personnel to Mali and West Africa to support French forces there, Downing Street says.

A public official investigated over alleged corrupt payments from ex-News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks is to face no further action.