GORDON Brown will today make clear he will not be "deterred, dissuaded or diverted" from Britain's mission in Afghanistan, despite a new poll showing nearly three-

CONSERVATIVE leader David Cameron was yesterday hit by a backlash over his pledge to regain powers from Europe while ditching his promise to hold a referendum.

THE Bank of England has decided to pump an extra £25 billion directly into the economy through its scheme of quantitative easing (QE) in a bid to end the longest Briti

HUSBANDS and wives who work for their MP spouses are preparing a High Court challenge to new rules which will force them to be sacked from their parliamentary jobs.

THE threat of major disruption to postal services over Christmas has been lifted, after union leaders and Royal Mail agreed to fresh talks in the new year.

BUTTERFLY species that usually like warmer climates south of the Border have been found in growing numbers in parts of Scotland, a 15-year study has shown.

THE United Nations is to evacuate more than half of its staff in Afghanistan following a Taleban attack which killed five employees.

THE Tories last night accused Prime Minister Gordon Brown of exaggerating his role in saving jobs during the recession.

KEY decisions in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq were made on the basis of "western ignorance and Anglo-Saxon prejudice", the Iraq war inquiry was told yesterday.

TV PRESENTERS Ant and Dec are reported to have taken a 10 per cent wage cut - and signed a new deal worth £10 million each.

BRITISH Airways cabin crew have reluctantly agreed to work controversial new schedules, but a strike ballot of union members will go ahead.

WEARING a demure black dress a million miles away from her earlier stage outfit of red corset and suspenders, Beyoncé holds her best song award for Halo at the 16th MTV Europ

WEALTHY nations need to "put their money where their mouth is" and promise finance for a global climate change deal, Ed Miliband said yesterday.

THE government has been urged to introduce a new offence to outlaw the use of British bases for "extraordinary rendition".

A MOVE by Liberal Democrats to decriminalise soliciting by prostitutes under the age of 18 failed in the House of Lords yesterday.

A HOME Office minister has defended the government's policy on drugs by saying he has knowledge of the dangers of cannabis.

CHARITY campaigners fighting to save one of Scotland's leading grant-making trusts have described today's meeting with the Lloyds Banking Group as the most important

MORE than 1,000 off-licence staff in Scotland will find out at noon today if they are among 1,700 workers to be targeted for redundancy.

THREE masterpieces by the artist dubbed the father of British watercolour painting are going on show to the public for the first time - two centuries after they were painted

EUROPE is "dying" because the continent's secular culture has made people too selfish to have children, the Chief Rabbi has said.