A man who paid a crack cocaine addict £1,000 to kill his wife is jailed for life for her murder.

Ex-Cardiff boss Malky Mackay says he is no "racist, sexist, homophobe or anti-Semite" after sending offensive text messages.

BT warns millions of customers it is increasing prices by up to 6.5% from December this year.

A Chinese fighter came perilously close to a US military patrol plane over international waters east of China's Hainan Island, the Pentagon says.

First-time buyers now save £1300 a year by taking out a mortgage rather than renting, according to Britain's largest lender, the Halifax.

Mark Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon in 1980, is denied parole for an eighth time by authorities in New York.

Hospitals in England are told to cut the cost of parking for certain groups under new government guidelines.

Attempts to cut the amount people smoke are being hit by a black market trade in millions of illegal cigarettes, council bosses warn.