MoD to name Iraq gun death soldier

9:35am Friday 5th December 2008

A British soldier killed in southern Iraq after suffering a gunshot wound to the head is expected to be named by the Ministry of Defence.

EU leaders tackle cash crisis

9:35am Friday 5th December 2008

Gordon Brown will host a crunch summit with European leaders to discuss the economic crisis next week, it has emerged.

Boys to be sentenced for gang rape

9:35am Friday 5th December 2008

Nine schoolboy rapists are due to be sentenced for carrying out an attack on a 14-year-old girl.

£250m funding to train scientists

9:35am Friday 5th December 2008

A quarter of a billion pounds is to be invested in training scientists and engineers to tackle the problems Britain faces.

Menezes jurors resume deliberations

9:35am Friday 5th December 2008

The jury in the inquest of Jean Charles de Menezes is resuming its deliberations after relatives of the Brazilian staged a courtroom protest.

Honda staff face redundancy

9:35am Friday 5th December 2008

Honda will pull out of Formula One unless a buyer can be found by the end of the month, it said.

Banks urged to pass on rate cut

9:35am Friday 5th December 2008

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that he would be speaking to banks to press them to pass on the latest interest rate cut to borrowers.

Missionary couple held in Gambia

9:35am Friday 5th December 2008

A British couple are enduring a seventh day in custody after being arrested for sedition while working as Christian missionaries in the Muslim state of Gambia.

MP seeks review in Shannon case

9:35am Friday 5th December 2008

Dewsbury MP and government minister Shahid Malik called for an independent review into the contacts social services had with Shannon Matthews prior to her disappearance in February.

Lib Dems snub Speaker's committee

9:35am Friday 5th December 2008

Plans by Speaker Michael Martin to set up a committee to look into last week's police raid at the House of Commons are hanging in the balance after Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg announced his party will boycott it.