A planned strike by British Home Office staff including immigration officers in a row over jobs and pay has been called off after progress in peace talks.

Radical cleric Abu Qatada was arrested today as the British government prepared to set out its next steps in sending him back to Jordan.

The biggest strike in Britain for over 30 years got under way today with schools, hospitals, courts, transport and government hit by a walkout involving up to two million workers.

A Pakistani man arrested at a Ballycastle takeaway is set to be deported, it was confirmed today.

An MP has denied his Russian assistant was a spy, amid reports that she is facing deportation from the UK after security services arrested her on suspicion of espionage.

Border Agency workers at ports and airports across the UK will launch a two-day strike today in protest at changes to their shift patterns.

A British Government minister was urged today to intervene in the case of an 'X Factor' reject who faces removal from the UK.

Extra security to prevent child trafficking could be introduced at Belfast airports if it becomes a problem, a British Home Office minister warned today.

ATTORNEY General Patricia Scotland was fined £5,000 (€5,529) yesterday for employing an illegal immigrant as her housekeeper, fuelling calls from opposition parties for her to resign.

Rapper Snoop Dogg is confident a ruling allowing him to enter the UK will be upheld - despite appeals from British officials to have him barred from the country.