Hackers launch attacks on a variety of US government and copyright enforcement websites after the Megaupload site was closed.

Some 20 Airbus A380s are to undergo checks for cracks in their wings following a directive from the European safety authority.

A statutory register of Parliamentary lobbyists should be created with the possibility of tough penalties for those who breach the rules the government proposes.

Blood found on the clothes of a man accused of raping and murdering a pregnant teenager matched the victim's DNA, a jury is told.

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had an undeclared stockpile of chemical weapons, the body that oversees a global ban on such weapons says.

Struggling HMV strikes deals with its banks and suppliers which it hopes will halve its debts over the next few years.

The review into the PIP breast implant scandal is looking at introducing an insurance scheme to help protect future cosmetic surgery patients, the man leading the review tells the BBC.

Three men are found guilty of a gay hate crime after they handed out leaflets calling for homosexuals to be given the death penalty.