The average adult watches TV for an hour longer per day than they think, research by TV Licensing suggests.

Business is Scotland's "lifeline" in the post-recession years, Scottish Secretary Michael Moore will tell his party's conference.

The Budget later this month will be "unashamedly pro-growth", Chancellor George Osborne will tell his party's spring conference on Saturday.

Libyan rebels are locked in battles with Gaddafi forces on two fronts, while apparently accidental blasts in a Benghazi arms depot kill at least 17.

Six people are jailed over a string of cash-in-transit robberies across East Anglia.

Protesters storm the Alexandria HQ of Egypt's state security agency, with several people injured in clashes with police.

China's Premier Wen Jiabao acknowledges there are concerns for social stability as he opens the annual session of parliament.

One million books are being given away in the UK and Ireland to mark the inaugural World Book Night.