UK News: Cameron urges G8 to stick with aid vows

BRITAIN will urge world leaders to make good on aid promises today after warning that failing to help fledgling democracies could create more immigration and extremism.

David Cameron was expected to deliver a pointed reminder at the G8 summit of the target to give 0.7 per cent of GDP by 2015.

Workers face pay woes

THE economic recovery is unlikely to benefit ordinary workers, who could see their pay continue to flatline until 2015, a report suggested today.

The living standards of 11 million workers on low and middle incomes were faltering before the recession, and they may not increase even when the economy begins to grow.

Measles outbreaks bring levels close to 2010 total

MORE than 330 cases of measles have been reported in the first three months of 2011 - similar to the whole of last year.

Data from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) revealed 334 confirmed cases of measles to the end of April in England and Wales, compared with 374 in all of 2010. Small outbreaks have been noted in universities and schools, while some people caught the disease abroad as Europe faced a surge in measles cases.

Laws brought to book

LABOUR'S rush to get its legislation on to the statute book before last year's general election resulted in a record number of laws being made in 2010.

In total, 3506 laws were introduced in the UK last year - up a massive 41 per cent on the previous year and the equivalent of 13.8 every working day, according to research by legal information provider Sweet & Maxwell.

Labour's Ed ready to wed

LABOUR leader Ed Miliband was set to marry long-term partner Justine Thornton today in what he says will be a "special and fantastic day".

Fifty family members and friends were due to attend the low-key civil ceremony, at the Langar Hall hotel near Nottingham.

Sunderland: Take That star Howard Donald has spoken of his nerves ahead of the band's stadium tour, which kicks off at the Stadium of Light tonight. The group are due to begin a sell-out tour, which will see them perform to more than a million fans in the UK and Ireland. Donald said that, despite the excitement of the shows, he was "nervous".

Essex: A fundraiser has bumped a world record holder off the top spot by completing the longest dodgem car marathon. Laura Byng, 28, from Southend, completed the bone-shaking 25-hour feat at the town's Adventure Island fun park.