OFT warns Wonga over threat letters

More couples to get free IVF treatment

Today marks 100 days until the start of the London Paralympic Games.

Call to investigate abuse by minorities abuse

Frail elderly and disabled people are being charged more for council help to get washed, dressed and fed at home, according to a survey.

At its simplest, the reform of the disability living allowance is a good idea. Since the benefit was introduced in 1992, the cost has quadrupled; the number of claimants has shot up by 30 per cent in the past nine years alone; and the cost to the taxpayer, at the current rate, will soon top £13bn every year.

Three families have won an important legal ruling that the extra needs of disabled adults and children must be factored into housing benefit.

Amputees, including wounded soldiers, could be among half a million people to lose their disability benefits under government reforms, the Work and Pensions Secretary has warned.

It was only after 23 miles and 384 yards that the tears finally came. For more than a fortnight Claire Lomas had done a remarkable job of keeping it together, singularly focused on her goal of reaching the finishing line of the London marathon. But as she took her final step this afternoon, backed by the cheers of hundreds of supporters and a remarkable piece of engineering, there seemed little need to hold her emotions back any longer.

So was the Sun being affectionate? Or hostile? David Yelland, former editor of Britain’s biggest selling tabloid was in no doubt.

The biggest test yet of whether the Olympic Park is ready for the London 2012 Games begins today.

Demonstrations will be held today in protest at the planned closure of factories employing disabled workers, warning of the problems they will face finding other jobs.

The mother of an autistic teenager who killed himself in front of a train has told an inquest that he suffered years of intimidation at the hands of college bullies.

A brother and sister who had an incestous relationship did not have their privacy violated by a German court the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has said.