In-court cameras, and the release of videos of interviews and of crime scenes, show the public how the law works. That is good, says John Battle

A British oil worker who was kidnapped in Colombia nearly two years ago is reported to be ‘‘alive and well’’, the British Foreign Office said.

An Iraqi opposition group has claimed that Saddam Hussein's televised address to the nation used doctored and pre-recorded film.

Britain has no reliable evidence to confirm or refute recent reports suggesting that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein might be seriously ill, a Foreign Office Minister says.