The Government intends to risk its casino strategy and take on rebel MPs and peers who want to force a re-think of plans to site Britain’s first super-casino in Manchester, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell will announce today….

A gambler known as “The Fat Man”, who has lost more than £23 million on the tables in 12 years, was yesterday ordered to pay a London club £2 million for a bounced cheque….

The Bush administration will be taking a massive gamble if it presses ahead with plans to attend a regional conference on the future of Iraq later this month….