Burma's military government faces growing international pressure to stop blocking foreign aid as Gordon Brown accused the regime of "inhuman" treatment of the survivors of Cyclone Nargis.

A community came together to celebrate the life of murdered schoolboy Jimmy Mizen, exactly a week after his tragic death.

A six-year-old girl who was killed in a hit-and-run collision with a van "will leave a hole that can never be filled", her family said.

Rescuers in earthquake-hit China continued to pull bodies from collapsed buildings as a specialist British team was refused permission to join the operation.

Two people have been arrested in connection with a fire in a domestic garage which killed a 14-year-old boy, police said.

A man has been charged with attempted wounding with intent on the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe at Broadmoor hospital, police have said.

The husband of award-winning make-up artist Diane Chenery-Wickens has appeared in court charged with her murder.

A former soldier has described how he dragged a policeman away from a mob of Glasgow Rangers fans on the rampage.

Portsmouth lifted the FA Cup for the first time in nearly 70 years and ended the trophy dreams of minnows Cardiff City.

The Queen's eldest grandson, Peter Phillips, has married his Canadian bride, Autumn Kelly, at Windsor Castle.

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