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'Prepare for interest rate of 5%'

Home owners need to prepare for a series of interest rate rises to around 5%, a Bank of England official has warned.Paul Fisher, who...

Snow misery eases but anger remains

Critics have rounded on the UK's inability to cope with the big freeze as passenger backlogs began to ease.Thousands of exhausted air travellers were...

PM calls for force to oust Gbagbo

A top opposition figure has urged the international community to use force to oust Laurent Gbagbo from Ivory Coast's presidency after the disputed election.Meanwhile,...

Greek austerity budget vote passed

Greece's governing Socialists have won a key budget vote calling for deeper austerity measures in the crisis-hit country and promising to avoid default despite...

Trio guilty of Sydney terror plot

Three men who believed Islam was under threat from Western nations have been convicted of plotting a suicide attack against a Sydney army base.The...

NHS helpline 'at breaking point'

Calls to NHS Direct have rocketed by 50% in the last few days, leaving the helpline at "breaking point", it has been claimed.The call...

Warning over alternative remedies

Alternative remedies can be dangerous for children and could even lead to death, experts have warned.Parents are sometimes misguided into thinking they are "more...

Outsourcing 'can help uni costs'

Universities could slash total costs by almost a third by sharing services and outsourcing to the private sector, a report has claimed.Think-tank Policy Exchange...

MPs 'concerned' over aid programme

A cross-party committee of MPs has voiced concern over the failure to monitor the value for money of £1 billion of aid donated by...

One in three 'believes in angels'

Nearly one in three Britons believe they have a guardian angel watching over them, according to a new survey.Online research for the Bible Society...

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