‘Opt out’ fear on electronic medical records

BMA tells Government of concerns that patients are not being given enough details to make an informed choice about opting out

Sisters of mercy among British Holocaust heroes

With a new medal, Gordon Brown honours Britons whose extraordinary actions helped save Jews and other Holocaust victims

‘He has accepted awfulness of crime’

Experts treating Jon Venables agreed he was more than ready to rejoin society. But something went wrong after that

Minister criticises Lumley over Gurkhas money

Kevan Jones, the Defence Minister, told MPs that the actress should speak out over claims about advice given to veterans

Lord Paul to be investigated over expenses claims

House of Lords inquiry to look at £38,000 claim for unused flat as peer announces he is to renounce non-dom status

Stormont votes to devolve justice powers

PM hails vote to complete devolution as 'final end' to peace process, but Tory-backed Ulster Unionists maintain opposition

Naming Venables 'makes him vigilante target'

Baroness Butler-Sloss, judge who issued anonymity order, says James Bulger's killer may be killed if identity revealed

Straw pledges inquiry into Bulger killer's supervision

Justice Secretary said there would be investigation into monitoring of Jon Venables if he is charged with another offence

Labour and Tories neck and neck in marginals

Results of a poll for The Times raise doubts over David Cameron's ability to win an overall majority in the election

Royal Society claims cuts will lead to decline

Competitors such as the US, China, France and Germany are increasing their support for science, says the influential report

Lady Ashton demands her own aircraft

Europe’s High Representative, who is expected to travel about 500,000 km a year, has been catching lifts from colleagues

Tories have work to do

The survey in 100 Tory/Labour marginal seats suggests that nearly three in ten voters still don’t know how they would vote

I outed Ashcroft over tax, claims Cameron

The Tory leader says his party is not in debt to Lord Ashcroft because it has paid off a £3.5m loan to the billionaire

Council closes ranks on Purcell claims

Call for full statement from Labour Party on background to resignation of former Glasgow City Council leader

Brown’s cuts ‘left troops without funding’

Military’s top civil servant tells Iraq inquiry that MoD had to make cuts throughout Iraq and Afghanistan deployment

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The Times joins Esther Rantzen on campaign trail in Luton

Let prisoners vote, Europe tells Britain

The Council of Europe says that the blanket ban on prisoners taking part in elections is a breach of their human rights

US politicians warn Cameron over Ulster deal

The Friends of Ireland group says the Tory leader should persuade Ulster Unionists to back the Hillsborough Agreement

Miliband: Iraq war was needed to save UN

Foreign Secretary tells Iraq Inquiry that United Nations would have been 'severely dented' without 2003 invasion

Mandelson: Ashcroft has Cameron 'by the balls'

Business Secretary claims that billionaire Tory donor is able to call the shots in the Conservative party