Consumers' lack of trust in financial firms led to a 92% rise in cases taken up by the financial ombudsman last year - with 7,000 queries and complaints each working day.

Three new crew members for the International Space Station (ISS), including Europe’s newest astronaut, launch from Kazakhstan.

England captain Alastair Cook says he got his tactics right as they seal a 247-run win over New Zealand at Headingley.

New synthetic drugs are emerging at an ever faster rate in Europe, says the EU's drug agency, with legal highs increasingly being shipped from Asia.

People having planned surgery at the end of the week are more likely to die than those having operations at the beginning of the week, research suggests.

Former No 10 press chief Andy Coulson claims Boris Johnson is ready to "ride in on his bike to save party and country" if David Cameron loses the next election.

A former senior partner at KPMG agrees to plead guilty to insider trading, in a scandal that has damaged the accountancy giant's reputation.

More than $6bn in criminal cash was laundered by the Liberty Reserve digital cash service, US prosecutors allege.