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.

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

The families of two British women targeted in an acid attack in Zanzibar say the UK government must apply more pressure on the Tanzanian authorities.

Three stories by Catcher In The Rye author JD Salinger are leaked online, against the late writer's express wishes.

Ex-BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall appears in court facing 15 charges of rape and one count of indecent assault involving two girls.