The families of three Britons killed in the French Alps plane disaster have spoken of their devastating loss.

The second act kicked off the X Factor said today they want to release three albums in five years and vowed that the public had not seen the last of 4Sure.

The father of a man arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of links to Al Qaida terrorists today threatened to go on hunger strike unless his son was released.

The US government has set the rules for conducting military tribunals for prisoners from the Afghan war, including five Britons being held at Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay.

The families and friends of three British citizens detained in Afghanistan by US authorities tonight spoke of their shock amid fears that the men were recruited to fight a holy war by an extremist Muslim group.