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A Scottish bagpiper, who played his fellow soldiers ashore during the D-Day landings in 1944, has died in hospital in Devon at the age of 88.

A Scottish bagpiper, who played his fellow soldiers ashore during the D-Day landings in 1944, has died in hospital in Devon at the age of 88.

Analysis likely to revive complaints that the reforms have been softened too much in the face of lobbying by banks

Carmaker rescued from collapse by American and Canadian taxpayers last year begins its return to public ownership

Twelve people are being treated in hospital in West Cumbria after taking the legal drug Ivory Wave.

Rupert Murdoch's News America Inc, parent company of Fox News, donates $1m to the Republican Governors Association.

Global Markets Overview: A brief rally in risky assets is snuffed out and ‘haven’ assets such as the Japanese yen and US Treasuries are once again in demand

A US judge who questioned whether Barclays Bank was getting off too lightly approves a $298m settlement over sanction-busting activities.

An American woman who was imprisoned for aiding left-wing rebels in Peru turns herself in after a court revokes her parole.

Labour has condemned government plans to review universal welfare payments such as child benefit and the winter fuel allowance, which could be frozen.

Labour has condemned government plans to review universal welfare payments such as child benefit and the winter fuel allowance, which could be frozen.

The Anglo-Australian miner launched a direct offer to PotashCorp’s shareholders, valuing the world’s largest fertiliser group at $39bn

West Yorkshire chief constable Sir Norman Bettison and the local council have urged Home Secretary Theresa May to ban the march, scheduled for August 28 in Bradford.

The Parades Commission accepts a revised application from a loyalist band for its parade through Rasharkin on Friday evening.

The Parades Commission accepts a revised application from a loyalist band for its parade through Rasharkin on Friday evening.

Swear words are featuring on council posters in Sussex in an attempt to tackle the problem of dog fouling.

Aid agencies are reporting a ten fold increase in deaths from cholera and dehydration in Pakistan.

The Obama family will begin their sixth holiday of the year today, an 11-day sojourn in Martha's Vineyard, the island destination of the wealthy and well-connected American elite.

The debate over whether to build a mosque near the Ground Zero site of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in New York is a "local decision", Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives has said.

The Conservative deputy leader of the London Assembly makes "juvenile and abusive" insults towards a Lib Dem MP on Twitter.