This weekend's episodes of Strictly Come Dancing and The X Factor helped create the biggest Sunday night TV ratings for nearly 20 years.

Formula One drivers face tougher sanctions during the 2011 season under new measures to clamp down on driving standards.

The European websites of the online retailer Amazon go temporarily offline, amid ongoing threats against major sites by pro-Wikileak activists.

Scottish manufacturing grew at its fastest rate since August, according to the latest survey of business managers.

A man is charged with the murder of a 34-year-old woman who was found asphyxiated at a house in north London.

Fierce winds, heavy rain and snow lash the eastern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries for a second successive day.

Business leaders urge the government to delay planned changes to the retirement age for a year, saying firms face 'huge uncertainty'.

A convicted rapist who fled the dock at Liverpool Crown Court and went on the run for nearly 14 months is arrested.