Hackers in China have compromised personal e-mail accounts of top US officials, military personnel and journalists, Google says.

A pricing error which slashed the price of beer and cider led to a stampede of customers to a number of Tesco supermarkets in Scotland.

Parks, lakes, forests and wildlife are worth billions of pounds to the UK economy, says a major report that could change planning policy.

Two NHS trusts are criticised by inspectors for failing to meet basic standards of care for the elderly.

Thousands of council and local authority jobs could be at risk of being outsourced abroad, the Unite union warns.

Public sector pay settlements were running at zero in the three months to April, for the first time since records began in the 1960s, research suggests.

So many asylum seekers have been given leave to remain in the UK that it effectively "amounts to an amnesty", a committee of MPs says.

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley says he is ready to accept "substantial and significant" alterations to plans for changes in the NHS in England.