Fixed retirement age to be axed People reaching the age of 65 will no longer be forced to retire from October next year, under plans announced by the government. Child heart op ban 'should stay' Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four babies died, a report says. Fugitive tycoon Nadir seeks bail Fugitive Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir, who fled to northern Cyprus in 1993, begins a legal bid to be granted bail ahead of a UK theft trial. Vicar guilty of sham wedding scam A Sussex vicar is found guilty of carrying out hundreds of sham marriages over four years to bypass immigration law. Scottish review warns of major job cuts Up to 60,000 people working in the public sector in Scotland could lose their jobs, according to an independent review commissioned by ministers.