The Immigration Advisory Service (IAS) has gone into administration, with 200 staff being told to clear their desks, the BBC learns.

The Sunday Times, owned by News of the World proprietor News International, is alleged to have targeted the personal information of the former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the BBC understands.

Stellar displays from Britain's Mo Farah, Dai Greene and Phillips Idowu lit up a wet evening in Birmingham as Asafa Powell won the 100m.

President Obama meets congressional leaders to try to hammer out a budget deal, just three weeks before the US government runs out of money.

Prime Minister David Cameron is to unveil his public services blueprint, to end the "take-what-you're given" culture and put "power in people's hands".

Confidence among UK manufacturing firms has fallen to its lowest level since 2009, a survey suggests.

Scottish business is going through a "soft patch", with subdued growth in the second quarter of this year, a survey suggests.

Senegal suspends its planned repatriation of Chad's ex-President Hissene Habre, who faces the death penalty in his homeland.