Top News Stories

Western journalists die in Homs - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
American Marie Colvin of the UK's Sunday Times and French photographer Remi Ochlik are among 60 people killed in the Syrian city of Homs.

World News

Argentina train crash 'kills 49' - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
A commuter train crash at a station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, kills 49 people and leaves at least 600 injured, officials say.

Business

CBI seeking 'targeted' tax cuts - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
The CBI calls on the government to give a £500m boost to business in the Budget through a series of "targeted and modest" tax cuts.

Politics

NHS 'will be Cameron's poll tax' - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
Labour leader Ed Miliband tells David Cameron he risks making NHS reform "his poll tax" - in noisy Commons clashes over the health bill.

Health

NHS 'will be Cameron's poll tax' - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
Labour leader Ed Miliband tells David Cameron he risks making NHS reform "his poll tax" - in noisy Commons clashes over the health bill.

Education and Family

'John Lewis' model for schools - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
Private companies should be encouraged to take over and run state schools as profit-making enterprises under a "John Lewis-style" business model, a think tank suggests.