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One of the liveliest figures in politics, "Lord Razzall of Dazzle? is known for his love of the high life.

A senior Liberal Democrat peer has used his position in the House of Lords to intervene in a business dispute in which he is personally involved.

Several medieval churches in one of the most beautiful corners of Britain are under threat of closure due to a lack of funding for repairs.

The Anglican Communion is like a "slow moving train wreck", according to a senior Church of England bishop who has given an extraordinary insight into the crisis that is engulfing the Church.

The final request of Britain's most famous Roman Catholic convert, Cardinal Newman, is to be overriden as the Vatican prepares to make him a saint.

Commubnity leaders in a quiet country town where a lap-dancing club burnt down last week have spoken of their "relief" at the venue's destruction.

A police officer who was cleared of wrongdoing over the violent arrest of a black woman has died after being found injured on a mountainside.

To the dismay of the hawks who long ruled Washington - and the relief of their foes - the Bush administration sat down with another member of the once-reviled "axis of evil" this weekend.

There's a perverse logic to this supposed bull-and-bare relationship of fashion and finance.

Who in Britain deserves to be called a National Treasure?