Labour would be able to borrow £166bn more than the coalition is planning under the party's new tax and spending rules, the Liberal Democrats claim.

Owen Paterson urges those at risk from further flooding to heed weekend weather warnings as the wettest January on record draws to end in parts of UK.

Average UK living standards have fallen "dramatically" since the recession and will not recover to pre-crisis levels by the next election, economists say.

Manchester City want to sign £35m-rated Eliaquim Mangala and Fernando from Porto before the transfer window closes.

Amanda Knox's second sentence for killing British student Meredith Kercher makes headlines, as does the weather and the search for Madeleine McCann.

School officials in the US state of Utah apologise after a worker confiscated lunches from students whose parents were in arrears on meal payments.

Almost 100 Tory MPs rebel but are defeated in a Commons vote over their bid to stop foreign criminals using European human rights law to avoid deportation.

An court in Italy reinstates the guilty verdicts against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.