Standard and Poor's cuts France's credit rating again to AA, almost two years after the country lost its top-rated AAA status.

Ofwat, the water regulator, has confirmed that it has turned down Thames Water's request to increase customer bills by up to 8% next year.

An initiative by Amazon to sell Kindle readers in independent bookshops is met with hostility among shop owners.

Demolition work on the wreck of a fishing trawler which sank more than 13 years ago will begin on Monday, says the Isle of Man government.

Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger is to be questioned by MPs over the newspaper's publication of leaks by ex-US security contractor Edward Snowden.

Typhoon Haiyan, the world's strongest storm of the year, makes landfall in the Philippines with winds of up to 235 km/h (146mph).

The NHS spends nearly £700 on clinical negligence cover for every live birth in England, a report says.

Iran says a nuclear deal with world powers is possible during Geneva talks on Friday, as the US secretary of state changes his travel plans to attend.