Watchdog tells BAA to sell airports Competition chiefs have signalled the break-up of BAA's UK airport empire by proposing the company cease running two of its three London airports - Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted.The Competition Commission (CC) also recommended that Spanish-owned BAA lose control of either Edinburgh or Glasgow airport. (20/08/2008) 
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Paedophiles face tighter controls Measures to tighten controls on the movements of paedophiles have been announced by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.They included increasing the length of time child sex offenders can be banned from travelling abroad and making it easier for police to obtain orders curbing activities in the UK. (20/08/2008)
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Glitter refuses to board UK flight Shamed rock star Gary Glitter has been left in limbo after refusing to board a flight to the UK following his release from a Vietnamese prison.The Foreign Office said Glitter declined to board the flight from Thailand to England and remained in transit, reportedly in a VIP area where travellers can rent small bedrooms airside at Bangkok airport. (20/08/2008)
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Brown praises Olympic heroes Gordon Brown has lavished praise on the UK's Olympic athletes as Team GB celebrated further gold medal success.The Prime Minister, speaking in Downing Street ahead of his trip to Beijing later this week, said the performance was setting Britain on course perfectly for the London games in 2012. (20/08/2008)
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Miliband holds Georgia crisis talks Foreign Secretary David Miliband visited Georgia as Nato stepped up pressure on Russia to withdraw its forces from the former Soviet state.Nato warned Moscow that it "cannot continue with business as usual" while Russian troops remain in Georgia. (20/08/2008)
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'Mortgage market to shrink 20%' The UK mortgage market is expected to shrink by nearly 20% this year as the credit crunch continues to take its toll on lenders, according to a report.Market analyst Datamonitor said the outlook for the UK lending market was bleak, with the ongoing problems caused by the credit crunch leading to fewer lenders operating, a shrinking number of products, higher prices and more consumers being refused credit. (20/08/2008)
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Juices 'could render drugs useless' Fruit juices including grapefruit, orange and apple can dramatically reduce the effectiveness of heart and cancer drugs, it was claimed.Potentially the medicines could be rendered useless if they are taken at the same time as drinking juice, Canadian researchers said. (20/08/2008)
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'Postcode lottery' of GCSE results England's poorest students' chances of GCSE success are a "postcode lottery", it has been claimed.A table compiled for the campaign group End Child Poverty, a coalition of organisations, reveals massive discrepancies in the GCSE attainment of the poorest schoolchildren in different education authorities across the country. (20/08/2008)
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'Two million without good GCSE' Almost two million teenagers have left school without gaining a single good GCSE, it has been claimed.Figures released by the Tories show that 1.75 million children left school without one GCSE at grade C or above between 1997 and 2007. In the same time frame, over 380,000 left without achieving a pass at grades A* to G. Last year, almost 153,000 pupils left without gaining a single C. (20/08/2008)
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Lords urge VAT reform VAT rates should be reformed to make sustainable consumer goods "more economically attractive" as part of a bid to end the UK's throwaway culture, a Lords committee has suggested.The House of Lords Science Committee said variable VAT rates should be introduced to encourage products which are long-lived or can be easily repaired rather than replaced, and to promote repairs services. (20/08/2008)
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