UK News: Cameron to be grilled on phone-hacking row

The Prime Minister is to be tackled on the issue when he faces questions for the first time since parliament returned from its summer break.

Rate rise worries Britons

Nearly a third of Britons are worried about the impact an interest rate rise would have on their finances.

Around 27 per cent said they were concerned about the prospect of having higher mortgage repayments, while 4 per cent said they were nervous about how the move would affect their finances.

Jobs under threat at housing firm Connaught

Thousands of jobs were at risk today as social housing firm Connaught prepares to go into administration.

The group's board last night said it was in the process of appointing KPMG administrators for the main company and its subsidiary, Connaught Partnerships Ltd.

Other subsidiaries, however, including Connaught Compliance, National Britannia Holdings, Fountains Limited and Connaught Environment Limited, will continue to trade as normal.

Doctors of administration

Junior doctors spend more time on admin than they do on formal medical training, research suggested today.

Data from the British Medical Association shows doctors in their first year of training to become a specialist spend 14 per cent of their time on clerical work. It comes after figures showed almost one in four junior doctors drops out of NHS training in England after two years.

It's destiny for Strictly stars

Former Destiny's Child star Michelle Williams will share the dancefloor with ex-MP Ann Widdecombe in the new series of Strictly Come Dancing.

They are among the line-up for the eighth series of the hit ballroom show, which was announced today.

London: Anti-war campaigners will stage a protest today outside a museum where former prime minister Tony Blair is expected to attend a party to mark the launch of his new book.

Mr Blair was meant to be at a high-profile signing session of his memoirs at a book store but it was cancelled amid concerns over planned protests.

Wiltshire: Inquests into the deaths of two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan are taking place today.

Lance Corporal David Dennis, 29, and Private Robert Laws, 18, were killed in separate incidents in Helmand Province on July 4 last year.