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A mother demands the right to know exactly how her teenage son died after she was barred from a "lessons learned" review.

Two children and a car driver who were killed in a collision involving a school bus in Cumbria are named by police.

Do plea deals undermine justice in corruption cases?

Questions are raised about how the criminal justice system handles children after two boys are convicted of attempted rape.

Prime Minister David Cameron hails the Queen's Speech as setting out a "radical programme for a radical government".

Questions are raised about how the criminal justice system handles children after two boys are convicted of attempted rape.

How events in Westminster shaped two plays

Premature birth risk is genetic, researchers in Aberdeen suspect after finding early births tend to run in families.

Children from 34 European countries are competing in an online junior version of the Eurovision song contest.

Loneliness is more prevalent among the social-networking younger generation than in older people, a UK survey suggests.

Plans for new Scottish Parliament powers are set out as the Tory-Lib Dem coalition unveils its programme for government.

The public is asked to give its view on the future of a Borders school which will have no pupils by August.

Protecting passengers from anti-social behaviour will be the top priority for officers, the head of British Transport Police says.

An inquiry into the loss of a Peterhead trawler and its seven crew 35 years ago is due to resume in Aberdeen.

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is to join Silicon Valley venture capital firm Khosla Ventures as an adviser.

The number of foreign recruits to the Army has increased dramatically, figures obtained by Plaid Cymru reveal.

The art of attracting shoppers into stores

Upgraded Lynx helicopters have entered service in Afghanistan to bolster British troops' frontline firepower.

A top scientist warns a patent on the first synthetic life form would give its creator a monopoly on a range of genetic engineering.

England off-spinner Graeme Swann is crowned ECB Men's Cricketer of the Year after starring in the Ashes and World Twenty20 triumphs.