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Roberta Flack has died age 88, her publicist Elaine Schock has confirmed to the PA news agency..

The King was greeted by cheering crowds and waving flags as he visited the world headquarters of JCB in Staffordshire, to mark the companys 80th birthday..

Former Labour MP Mike Amesbury has been jailed for 10 weeks for punching a man following a row in the street..

Ministers are closely monitoring how airlines look after their passengers following the unprecedented Heathrow shutdown, the Transport Secretary has said..

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has ordered the National Energy System Operator to urgently investigate the power outage caused by a substation fire that shut Heathrow Airport on Friday..

An acid attack victim has said he is so thankful after his was eye saved by a graft created from a donated placenta..

A first look at a new BBC thriller about a man who is hated within the deaf community has been released..

Energy suppliers will be made to offer tariffs with low or no standing charges, allowing customers to pay the costs as part of their unit rate instead, under plans from regulators..

Lord William Hague vowed to champion free speech and warned against comfort blankets of cancellation as he was officially admitted as the 160th Chancellor of the University of Oxford..