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Internazionale president Massimo Moratti says his club would not have made a move to sign David Beckham, who has agreed a two-month loan switch to city rivals AC Milan.

Immigration minister Phil Woolas today said he stuck by his controversial promise that the Government will not allow the UK's population to rise as high as 70 million.

Only one in six voters (16 per cent) thinks George Osborne has the judgment necessary to be Chancellor of the Exchequer, and almost one in three (31 per cent) thinks he should resign from the Conservative frontbench, according to a

Thousands of women who took time off to look after children will be able to boost their state pensions under a top-up scheme announced by the Government today.

One of the police marksmen who killed Jean Charles de Menezes told an inquest today he believed he was facing "immeasurable" danger that day.

The mother of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews, who went missing for 24 days earlier this year, appeared in court today charged with her kidnap and false imprisonment.

A businessman and former chamber of commerce member was jailed today for downloading some of the worst images of child pornography, including babies.

A 17-year-old girl found hanging from a banister at home by a dressing-gown cord knew a friend who had hanged himself, an inquest heard today.

England rugby player Mike Tindall's sentencing for drink driving was adjourned today after legal complications.

A man who killed his 16-month-old daughter by snapping her spine in a "chilling and brutal attack" following months of abuse was told today that he must spend at least 22 years in prison.

Germany midfielder Torsten Frings has thanked national team captain Michael Ballack for his support over the Werder Bremen star's axing by coach Joachim Low.

A man who went berserk in a kebab shop left two paramedics in hospital today after biting one on the leg.

Two men appeared in court today charged with sexually assaulting children at a former Jersey care home.