Gordon Brown has insisted he was the right person to guide Britain through difficult economic times, as he continued his effort to reassert his authority in the wake of the worst weeks of his premiership.

Police defended their response to rampaging Rangers fans as "appropriate" as they blamed a minority of yobs for violent clashes which marred the Uefa Cup final.

Two men have been arrested at a university campus under the Terrorism Act, police said.

An electronic system for patients' records will not be introduced to every NHS Trust in England until 2014-15 - four years later than planned - a public spending watchdog said.

Class sizes should be cut to a maximum of 25 to help young children who struggle with reading, a report on primary education has said.

Up to five million people could be on the waiting list for social housing within two years, town hall leaders have warned.

The husband of an Emmy award-winning make-up artist who was rearrested hours after human remains were found in woodland faces further questioning.

Water and sewerage markets could be opened up to competition under recommendations announced by regulator Ofwat.

Homeowners refinancing their mortgage face the highest fixed-rates deals since the start of the decade, it was reported.

The Foreign Office has launched a new service to help track down Britons caught in emergencies abroad.

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