Police say they have received 5,000 calls from the public in response to their appeal for information about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

The so-called Big 6 energy companies in the UK are being put under pressure by the government to keep the price of household bills in check until after the next election, as John Moylan reports.

Rejuvenating town centres requires radical action on a scale not seen the building programmes of post war Britain, according to a major new report.

The head of a Latvian supermarket chain loses his job over controversial comments he made after the collapse of a shop in Riga, which killed 54 people.

Argentina threatens oil businesses operating off the Falkland Islands with prison sentences, fines and confiscation of assets.

Sexism is so widespread in the UK it affects "most aspects" of the lives of girls and young women, a report from Girlguiding UK says.

The French parliament is to debate a bill which would crack down on prostitution by imposing hefty fines on anyone paying for sex.

A by-product of cholesterol can fuel the deadly growth and spread of breast cancer, according to a group of scientists.