There are four times as many young carers in the UK than previously officially recognised, figures published by the BBC suggest.

Householders who live in period properties can dramatically reduce their energy bills by closing their curtains or shutters at dusk.

The social networking site Facebook ramps up competition with a modern messaging system to rival old fashioned email.

Supermarket chain Asda says it will create 7,500 new jobs in the UK next year, half of them from new store openings.

Former detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba are set to be paid millions of pounds in compensation by the government, the BBC understands.

Eurozone ministers meet in Brussels as the debt crisis once again threatens the 16-member bloc's economic stability.

Former Labour immigration minister Phil Woolas is to begin a legal bid to overturn a ruling that he should be banned from politics for three years.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton defends US Afghan operations against criticism from Afghan President Hamid Karzai, saying targeted attacks on militants were a key part of US strategy.