Nineteen clients of rogue private eyes are to be investigated for illegal activity, the Information Commissioner's Office confirms

In documents made public for the first time, social networking company Twitter has said it plans to raise $1bn as part of its stock market debut.

Mobile phone records may hold the key to solving the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal six years ago, Scotland Yard detectives say.

People jailed for a range of serious offences in England and Wales will lose their automatic right to early release, under government proposals.

A soldier who fought off Afghan insurgents with a broken back is among more than 100 people recognised in the latest round of military honours.

Labour leader Ed Miliband urges Lord Rothermere, owner of the Mail newspaper titles, to take a "long, hard look" at the way they are run.

Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest mobile phone and TV maker, forecasts record profits for the July-to-September period.

Fewer children in the UK are reading in their own time and one in five says they are embarrassed to be caught with a book, a survey suggests.