The Australian city of Brisbane is preparing for the worst of its current flooding, with water levels set to peak over the next few hours.

Microsoft has confirmed that it is asking US officials to block Apple's attempt to trademark the name "App Store".

A panel finds a social worker guilty of misconduct after she failed to pass on information about the abuse of a toddler a week before she was murdered.

Eddie Jordan will become the BBC's main F1 analyst in a reshuffled presentation line-up for 2011, with all races broadcast in HD for the first time.

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has attacked as "blood libel" suggestions that political rhetoric contributed to the fatal shootings in Arizona.

Police apologise to a Bradford woman after a drugs raid sparked by a hotspot uncovers a heater for her guinea pigs.

The mother of a three-year-old girl who died from swine flu criticises the government for not making the vaccine available to all.

Wales and Cardiff City striker Craig Bellamy is arrested by police investigating an alleged assault in Cardiff city centre.