Ofcom reports a 22% gain in the UK's average broadband download speed between May and November, but not all ISPs improved.

The more young people come into contact with employers the less likely they are to drop out of school and become unemployed, research suggests.

More than 100 Conservatives are among MPs who have written to the prime minister calling on him to slash subsidies for onshore wind turbines.

Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos will meet party leaders in his coalition to discuss a proposed 130bn euros EU rescue plan.

Transport Secretary Justine Greening says she will vote against bonuses for senior Network Rail executives at the company's annual general meeting.

Most Portuguese unions back the government's structural reforms, the Portuguese economy minister, Alvaro Santos Pereira tells the BBC.