Chancellor George Osborne’s pet cat Freya had to be taken to the vet after being injured when she was hit by a car on Whitehall.

An Australian state is to return tens of thousands of acres of land to the original Aboriginal occupants, more than 30 years after it was turned into a national park, the state premier said today.

Cherie Blair accused Gordon Brown today of “rattling the keys” of Downing Street over Tony Blair’s head in an attempt to force him out of office.