Miscarriage: ‘I'm afraid the baby's dead, Mrs Blair'

In 2002, at the age of 47, Cherie finds that she is pregnant again

The night I hated Tony

1984: our first child, Euan, is born

Leo: my miracle baby at 45 (and yes, he did have the MMR jab)

In September 1999, while attending a legal course with some barrister friends, Cherie Blair celebrates her 45th birthday with them. Yet...

Mandelson pins hopes on Peru talks

Peter Mandelson, the European trade chief, hopes to break the two-year deadlock in the Doha round of trade talks

The Queen and I: relations with the royals

The Queen liked us - but her sister and Princess Anne didn't

Curbs to be relaxed on stem-cell consent

Consent provisions that would have banned stem-cell research on childhood genetic disease are to be dropped from Bill

Analysis: free Scottish care comes at a price

The huge and increasing cost of free personal care has forced more than half of Scottish local authorities to ration it

Aamer Anwar on his battle with the law

The human rights lawyer who faces contempt charges has little support from Scottish colleagues. But he's still fighting

Something of the light: Howard's softer side

Former Tory leader, Michael Howard, has sought to cast off his sinister mantle by taking part in a television game show

Absent fathers risk raid on shares

Under new government plans, wealthy fathers who fail to pay child maintenance risk having their shares plundered by ex-wives

‘Underpaid’ MPs call for 23% rise

Committee led by the Speaker is set to recommend MPs ought to be awarded a pay rise that would take their salaries to £76,000

Tory HQ team puts reins on Boris Johnson

A troupe of minders has been drafted in to ensure that no Boris Johnson gaffe derails the Tories’ advance on Downing Street

Tory 'toffs' stir mutiny in Crewe

The seat of Crewe & Nantwich has been Labour for decades – but the Conservatives are set to seize it in a by-election

Byers damns Brown as 'distant and uncaring'

Former cabinet minister hints PM will face a leadership challenge unless he stops alienating voters with 'damaging mistakes'

I told Tony to sack Gordon, says Prescott

John Prescott says he urged Tony Blair to sack Gordon Brown, but the former prime minister was 'scared' of his chancellor

Smith and Met chief in terror ‘U-turn’row

Sir Ian Blair is said to have fallen out with Jacqui Smith after he appeared to backtrack in his support for 42-day detention

Interview with the Prescotts

Lesley White visits John Prescott to hear his views on Blair and Brown and finds his wife only too willing to open up

Pauline was devastated by affair

Shamed by the revelation that he had had a mistress, John Prescott told his humiliated wife he would quit the cabinet

No MMR? Then you won’t start school

Children will be banned from starting school until they receive the MMR jab, under new Labour party proposals

Q&A: Battleground over abortion limits

Background to the debate on abortion law and prospects for amendments