ANALYSIS: Cabinet support could kill off Brown

If Hoon and Hewitt have moved knowing a Cabinet minister is ready to join the revolt, Mr Brown is in severe trouble

Live: the Labour leadership challenge

Live updates as they occur on the latest developments in Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt's challenge to Gordon Brown

IN FULL: the coup lettter

Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt have written to all Labour MPs over leadership issue

Snow closes thousands of schools

Many children have yet to attend a lesson this year as severe weather forces closure of 1,500 schools around the country

ANALYSIS: now to decommission attitudes

Had the Ulster Defence Association acted sooner then perhaps it would be reaping greater kudos

Tuesday: the latest airport and flights news

Updated news and travel advice following widespread airport closures, flight delays and flight cancellations due to snow

Overnight blizzards bring travel chaos

Gatwick airport forced to close, drivers spent night on A3 in Hampshire but children happy as schools keep doors shut

Lottery plan for Blair Iraq inquiry tickets

Chilcot inquiry decides public ballot is fairest way to cope with demand to see former PM give evidence on war

FORECAST: Winter set to be coldest for 30 years

Britain's coldest December for 14 years will be followed by freezing January and February, says Met Office

British Gas fails to pass on boiler grants

Company is not offering the usual discounts to customers who seek a £400 grant under Government scrappage scheme

The cost of 48 hours of snow: £1 billion

As almost half of Manchester’s employees are unable to reach work because of the weather, business groups warn of the impact

South battles worst snowfall for 23 years

Met Office issues emergency flash warning as 40cm snow began falling, amid fears over supplies of salt and gas

Computers transformed in the blink of an eye

Microsoft is working on devices that could be controlled by hand and body gestures such as the clicking of fingers

Britain ‘did pretty well’ from Iraq invasion

Our former ambassador tells the Chilcot inquiry that Britain has gained oil contracts and privileged political access

Iceland out in the cold

President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson has shown the country is at war with itself and unsure who is to blame for the crisis

Muse album awarded Best Sleeve of the Year

The rock group's Resistance album which features a fantasy image of a silhouetted figure topped a poll to win the Art Vinyl Award

British charity swamped by penniless Gurkhas

Former soldiers and their families are arriving at Heathrow at the rate of six a day to take up the offer of residence