Twitter shares are priced at $26 in the biggest market debut of technology firm since Facebook went public in 2012.

Many English councils look set to increase council tax next year, despite government cash on offer if they freeze it, a survey suggests.

Scientists are looking for 100,000 volunteers prepared to have their DNA sequenced and published online for anyone to look at.

Many parents fear music videos have become too sexualised and violent, the founder of a parenting website says.

Police in Brazil charge Justin Bieber with illegally spraying graffiti on the wall of an abandoned hotel in Rio de Janeiro.

Amnesty International says major oil firms wrongly blame spills in Nigeria on sabotage to avoid paying compensation, a claim Shell denies.

A man is charged with manslaughter following the death of two teenage girls who were hit by a car.

The implementation of the government's flagship welfare reform has been "extraordinarily poor", MPs say, but ministers insist improvements are being made.