The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20130425013538/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk/
24 April 2013 Last updated at 21:30 ET

UK and Jordan sign Abu Qatada treatyUndated handout photo issued by the Home Office of Home Secretary Theresa May as she signs fair trial guarantees with Jordan that she believes will reassure courts that torture evidence would not be used against Abu Qatada

The government has signed a new treaty with Jordan aimed at ensuring that radical cleric Abu Qatada can be deported, Theresa May tells MPs.


The Duchess of Cambridge at a charity at the National Portrait Gallery in LondonTwo investigated over Kate images

Two people are under formal investigation in France over the publication of pictures of a sunbathing Duchess of Cambridge taken last autumn.

Freddie StarrStarr faces fresh sex offence claims

Freddie Starr is rearrested over fresh allegations of sexual offences, under the strand of Operation Yewtree unrelated to Jimmy Savile.

Our Expert

Mark Easton, Home editor Article written by Mark Easton Mark Easton Home editor

The riddle of peacefulness

The UK Peace Index, published on Tuesday, attempts to answer a fascinating question: why has our country become "substantially and significantly" more peaceful? A similar phenomenon can be seen in almost every developed nation.

Read full article

Special Reports

NHS logoDifferent NHS

The way the health service is run is changing - what will it mean to you?

More Special Reports:

More from the UK

Sport

Magazine

UK Politics

BBC © 2013 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.