UNIONS last night launched a blistering attack on the management of an oil refinery for failing to hold discussions after dismissing hundreds of staff.

FIRST World War veteran Henry Allingham is officially the world's oldest man â€" but the news may take some time to sink in.

AT LEAST 100 people are killed by sunbeds each year in the UK, and many hundreds more suffer cancer or disfiguring injuries, a hard-hitting report revealed yesterday.

MORTGAGE lenders have been accused of profiteering in the wake of a surge of increases to fixed-rate deals.

FAMILIES of four servicemen killed in Snatch Land Rovers in Iraq and Afghanistan are suing the Ministry of Defence for compensation, their lawyer said yesterday.

RML emerged from this year's Le Mans 24 Hours with something of a hard-luck story to tell. (19/06/2009 11:21:22)

European Commission President José Manuel Barroso warned EU leaders at a summit today (19 June) that European nations must avoid sleepwalking into another gas crisis, which he said could hit Europe within weeks as tensions between Ukraine and Russia resurface.

José Manuel Barroso won unanimous backing from EU heads of state and government yesterday (18 June) for a second five-year mandate at the head of the European Commission. He now needs to convince the European Parliament in a vote expected

Slovenia and Croatia yesterday (18 June) shattered hopes that a long-standing border dispute was coming an end, blaming each other for the deadlock and leaving Brussels to deplore the development.

EU leaders agreed today (19 June) on a text which should pave the way for significant reform of European financial supervision. The deal comes two days after US President Barack Obama announced a major overhaul of American supervisory rules.

A compromise was reached today (19 June) between EU leaders offering Ireland legally-binding guarantees on the Lisbon Treaty without requiring other countries to re-ratify the text.

18 June 2009 -- WHO and UNICEF today called on governments to strengthen risk reduction measures so that health and education systems are able to cope with disasters.

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