Conjoined twins who had a slim chance of survival are now preparing to go to school for the first time.

Seven people have been charged after a cache of weapons including automatic rifles and machine pistols was recovered in the largest seizure of its kind in Britain.

Penneys and Primark owner Associated British Foods today said retail trading so far this year had been good, particularly in light of the economic climate.

Barclays today said it will axe more than 1,200 jobs in the next two years as part of a shake-up of its high street banking operations in the UK.

A multi-million-pound network thought to be behind the smuggling of up to 200,000 people into the UK was smashed today in a series of dawn raids by police.