Four US financial institutions, including Citigroup, fail stress tests designed to show they could withstand a financial shock.

A UK woman who was given PIP breast implants that went on to rupture has had their £3,700 cost refunded by her credit card provider.

A professional wrestler, a beauty salon owner and a woman who calls herself "the blonde assassin" are among 16 contestants competing in this year's series of The Apprentice.

Households owed smaller amounts in 2011 than the previous year but faced a "tide" of difficulties in paying back these debts, a report suggests.

David Cameron says he would be moving "quite a lot faster" on the creation of a UK Bill of Rights if he was not in a coalition government.

Shisha cafes in the UK are moving underground to avoid smoke-free legislation.

Local authorities in England are to be issued score cards, under new government plans, to measure how quickly they place children with adoptive parents.

After 244 years the Encyclopaedia Britannica will no longer be produced in print, new editions will appear only online.