British Gas is offering £50 to anyone who can pass on the name of an elderly person or a family on benefits who needs to have their home insulated.

One in three company directors see a high or very high risk of the UK falling into recession this year, a survey suggests, while 53% see a moderate risk.

Former US astronaut and Senator John Glenn celebrates the 50th anniversary of his orbit of Earth by chatting with crew on the International Space Station.

The driver of a coach that crashed in France, killing a teacher, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, but allowed to return to the UK.

German prosecutors say David Haye is suspected of grievous bodily harm and Dereck Chisora of malicious injury after their Munich brawl.

Firms and charities are to be offered a payment-by-results scheme to try to get 55,000 "Neet" teenagers in England into work, education or training.

The Met Office needs new supercomputers to make confident extreme weather warnings and more accurate long-term forecasts, a group of MPs says.

Ed Sheeran is in the running for four awards at the 32nd Brits later, while Adele - fresh from winning six Grammys - and Jessie J are up for three each.