The BBC's Dougal Shaw checks out a digital carpet, that can be pre-programmed with a visual display, or take in data from the internet live.

The government raised a record £23.9bn in additional tax this year as a result of a crackdown on tax avoidance, HM Revenue and Customs says.

Businesses are taking on more people as optimism hits its highest level since 1998, according to the business lobby group, the CBI.

Loneliness among the over-65s could be tackled by training more older people to use the internet, according to a think tank.

A senior member of France's opposition UMP party admits there were "anomalies" in the accounts of Nicolas Sarkozy's 2012 presidential campaign.

A shortage of funds for vaccinating dogs is costing the lives of tens of thousands of children every year, say animal health experts.

A Chinese ship has rammed a Vietnamese boat near a controversial oil rig in the South China Sea, Vietnamese officials say, amid ongoing tensions.

A vast peatland covering an area the size of England is discovered in a remote part of Congo-Brazzaville, scientists report.