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An agreement on the future of the Maze Prison site is reached by the NI first and deputy first ministers, Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness.

David Cameron says it is important to "speak frankly" after criticism of his comments about Pakistan's record on tackling terrorism.

Four government departments spent almost £6m ensuring their websites appeared on search engine results pages, new figures show.

The Labour Party leadership candidates discuss the Iraq war

EU's new creature lurks in the diplomatic jungle

Up to 60,000 people working in the public sector in Scotland could lose their jobs, according to an independent review commissioned by ministers.

A man who threw an egg at Conservative peer Baroness Warsi when she was on a visit to Bedfordshire is jailed for six weeks.

The UK Independence Party wins its court battle against having to pay back all of a £367,697 "impermissible donation".

The contenders for the Labour leadership have set out their personal circumstances, the reasons they went into politics and their secret vices.

More than 150 top schools in England have applied to become academies, government documents show.

Highland Council is proposing a new scheme which would allow it to resume building local authority housing.

David Cameron has confessed that on the day before entering Downing Street he told his wife Samantha he was sure he would not become prime minister.

People reaching the age of 65 will no longer be forced to retire from October next year, under plans announced by the government.

Pakistan's high commissioner to the UK, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, says that remarks made by David Cameron have still caused "a lot of hurt" to Pakistan

David Cameron rejects calls for the famous Koh-i-Noor diamond, part of the Crown Jewels for 150 years, to be returned to India.

Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman says she wants a dramatic cut in the amount of rubbish thrown away by households in England.

Sir Winston Churchill's entire archive of papers is to be published electronically in libraries, allowing full public access.

As it's the end of term our panel of first time voters decided to give David Cameron an end of term report.

The BBC's news coverage of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland has improved significantly over the last year, the BBC Trust says.

The resignation of Iona Jones, the head of Welsh-language channel S4C, is greeted with shock.