One in three local authorities in England raise more money from domestic charges than council tax, show figures from Audit Commission.

Kenya seeks the arrest of Briton Samantha Lewthwaite - suspected al-Shabab member - as it reels from the siege at a Nairobi shopping centre.

Bill Gates said he would have preferred a one-button alternative to the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Del.

The BBC's economics editor Stephanie Flanders will leave the corporation to join JP Morgan Asset Management.

The number of households switching electricity supplier in the second quarter of the year fell to a record low, government figures show.

There is "insufficient evidence" to prosecute former Liberal Democrat chief executive Lord Rennard over allegations of sexual touching, Scotland Yard says.

The US and China are urging Iran to respond "positively" to existing offers by world powers over its nuclear programme ahead of a key meeting at the UN, US officials say.

A UK cruise liner comes to the aid of a Canadian woman who is attempting to become the first North American to row the Atlantic solo.