Formula One boss Max Mosley won a record £60,000 in privacy damages against the News of the World for the "probably unprecedented" distress and indignity he suffered over the News of the World's "sick Nazi orgy" story.

The polls have closed in the Glasgow East by-election amid signs of a higher-than expected turnout.

Internet service providers (ISPs) and the music industry have reached an agreement to clamp down on illegal downloads.

More than 100 soldiers have been honoured for bravery and commitment displayed while fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The first formal border checks between Britain and Ireland in more than 80 years have been proposed by the two governments.

The wife of a British soldier killed by a roadside bomb as he drove an ambulance in southern Afghanistan paid tribute to her "loving husband".

A 17-year-old has denied murdering schoolboy Rhys Jones.

Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams accused the DUP of pushing Northern Ireland's power-sharing government toward crisis.

Almost £6,000 is handed out to informants every day by Britain's largest police force, according to new figures.

Gordon Brown has hailed a march of hundreds of the world's religious leaders, calling for urgent action to tackle global poverty, as "the greatest public demonstration of faith" Britain has ever seen.

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