Today at 13:47:45 - Children's Secretary Ed Balls criticises children's commissioner for "ill advised" comments about James Bulger's killers.

Today at 13:15:44 - Friends actor David Schwimmer is to marry his British photographer girlfriend Zoe Buckman.

Today at 13:12:55 - The pay of university heads has soared with some now earning more than the prime minister, a report says.

Today at 12:51:58 - A victim of serial abuser Fr Brendan Smyth calls on the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, to resign.

Today at 12:40:54 - Teenagers, Shakespeare and Lady Gaga

Today at 12:38:08 - Virgin Atlantic is creating 200 jobs with the opening of a new customer service centre.

Today at 12:31:38 - Fitness tests should be introduced for children in secondary schools to help make people more active, the chief medical officer for England says.

Today at 12:57:02 - The company behind Calvin Klein has bought fellow US fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger for £2bn, Hilfiger's current British owner Apax has said.

Today at 11:57:04 - A British soldier who lost his sight in Iraq is being taught to 'see' with his tongue, using a revolutionary new device.

Today at 11:42:04 - England boss Fabio Capello has spoken to David Beckham, who has ruptured his Achilles tendon, and said: "It looks like he's out of the World Cup."

Today at 09:57:02 - Four hand grenades have exploded at Bangkok's main army base - as tens of thousands of pro-democracy supporters keep up street protests in an attempt to bring down Thailand's government.

Today at 08:42:03 - The man Australians call Dr Death is in Britain teaching a workshop on "do-it-yourself euthanasia".

Today at 05:57:02 - Peter Graves, the actor likely best known for his portrayal of Jim Phelps, leader of a gang of special agents who battled evil conspirators in Mission: Impossible, has died.

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Today at 14:41:02 - David Beckham's prospects of crowning his stellar professional football career with one final World Cup appearance this year appeared to be in tatters Monday after he suffered a suspected Achilles ten ...

Today at 14:41:02 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's center-right party emerged badly battered after regional elections on Sunday, Interior Ministry figures showed Monday.

Today at 13:41:01 - Police across Europe arrested 69 suspected members of a Georgian-run mafia, including 24 in Spain, which was leading the investigation, a National Court spokeswoman told CNN Monday.

Today at 08:26:01 - With allegations of sexual abuse by Catholic priests piling up in Germany and Ireland and surfacing in Austria and the Netherlands, Europe appears poised to face church abuse in the wrenching way the ...

Today at 14:37:50 - MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland was 53 and not thought to have any serious health problemsLabour MP Ashok Kumar was found dead today at his home in his Middlesbrough constituency, it was ...

Today at 14:35:59 - It is wrong to describe killers of James Bulger as intrinsically evil, says children's secretaryThe children's secretary, Ed Balls, today rejected calls for the age of criminal responsibility to be ra ...

Today at 14:19:55 - Pupils are monitored by CCTV cameras as frequently as inmates in prisons and passengers at airports, research showsMost schools in the UK are probably breaking the law by failing to alert students to ...

Today at 14:08:22 - Soap bars, pitta bread and lipstick are out. In are computer games, garlic bread and Blu-ray players. Find out what's in the basket of goods used to work out inflation. Get the dataWe always assume th ...

Today at 14:07:00 - Some on the right never cease their puerile tittering over Mayor Johnson's dismantling of the GLA Women's Unit, his ending of the annual Capital Woman conference and so on. Yet those rejoicing that fe ...

Today at 14:18:23 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. industrial production braked sharply in February, held back by severe winter storms that slammed parts of the country, while manufacturing activity in New York state stalle ...

Today at 10:22:46 - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki pulled ahead on Sunday in early results of an election Iraqis hoped would end years of sectarian strife, but a divided vote suggested long and fraught ...

Today at 07:09:38 - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli-U.S. relations have hit a 35-year low over a West Bank settlement plan that threatens to derail peacemaking efforts with the Palestinians, Israel's envoy to Washington wa ...

Today at 06:09:52 - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Finance ministers from countries using the euro hope to agree on Monday on a way of providing heavily indebted Greece with financial aid, despite French and German doubts that a d ...

Today at 06:07:18 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Pentagon official set up a unit of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants, The New York Times reported on its website, citi ...

Today at 14:12:56 - A soldier blinded by a grenade in Iraq today described how his life has been transformed by ground-breaking technology that enables him to "see" with his tongue.

Today at 13:06:48 - James Bulger's killers were not "intrinsically evil", Ed Balls said today, as he waded into the row over trying youngsters in adult courts.

Today at 12:40:44 - A 28-year-old man pleaded not guilty today to the murder of a taxi driver who was stabbed to death.

Today at 12:19:13 - A 23-year-old model is recovering after she was dragged under a bus, it was reported today.

Today at 12:14:41 - Virgin Atlantic Airways is to create more than 200 jobs over the next two years following the opening of a new customer service centre.

Today at 12:02:32 - Were the banks grossly overleveraged? Undoubtedly. Were the incentives in the financial system dangerously distorted? Certainly.

Today at 14:06:24 - David Beckham says he is determined to make a "swift and full recovery" from the ruptured Achilles tendon that has left his dream of playing in a record fourth World Cup finals for England in tatters.

Today at 12:50:56 - David Cameron failed to prove as big a draw as Gordon Brown to ITV viewers after an average of 1.7 million watched an interview with the Conservative leader last night, compared to 3.8 million who tun ...

Today at 12:41:41 - Gordon Brown intends to stay on as Labour leader even if he is beaten at the general election, he revealed today.

Today at 10:51:00 - Gordon Brown today demanded that the Unite union call off its planned British Airways cabin crew strike, a dispute which the Prime Minister said was "unjustified" and "deplorable".

Today at 07:46:59 - David Beckham's surgeon this morning confirmed that it will take a minimum of four months for the player to fully recover from his ruptured Achilles tendon.

Today at 13:25:46 - David Beckham's injury looks to have marked the end of his world cup dream but at 34-years-old his career could be in jeopardy too.Related StoriesSwann tightens England's grip in BangladeshRedknapp w ...

Today at 12:37:22 - A car bomb in western Iraq has killed seven people and wounded dozens more.Related StoriesFormer hostage speaks of ordeal in captivityAt least 45 killed in Pakistan suicide blastsPetrol prices up by ...

Today at 12:29:54 - Gordon Brown has fuelled speculation that he will seek to stay on as Labour leader even if he is beaten at the general election.Related StoriesClegg slams Tory 'protection racket'Blow for Cameron as ...

Today at 11:20:08 - The lawyer for the driver of a runnaway Toyota Prius has dismissed a congressional memo that questioned his client's version of events.Related StoriesYouth charged over Susan Boyle theftKidnap boy's ...

Today at 11:09:19 - Relegation-threatened Premier League club Hull City have sacked manager Phil Brown.Related StoriesSunderland and Birmingham winWenger hoping for Fabregas injury miracle

Today at 10:28:44 - The planned strike by British Airways cabin crew is 'unjustified' and 'deplorable' and should be called off, Gordon Brown said, in the government's strongest condemnation of the walkout so far

Today at 09:25:36 - Ford Motor's chief executive expects to pick up more market share in the US as the carmaker focuses on quality and freshening up its product range while rival Toyota grapples with a global products re ...

14/03/2010 at 23:11:09 - Barclays rapidly-drowing investment arm is looking to recreate the partnership models of Goldman Sachs and Lazard

14/03/2010 at 22:50:28 - Claims about Ernst & Young's part in the collapse of Lehman Brothers has brought the auditing profession under uncomfortable scrutiny

14/03/2010 at 22:30:28 - Shadow chancellor George Osborne warns that succumbing to the 'temptation' of a further fiscal stimulus will backfire as he stakes out the political battlelines for next week's pre-election Budget

12/03/2010 at 15:47:24 - The contestants in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest, then in its eighth year. Nana Mouskouri of Greece is the only name which might still ring a bell - she is…

12/03/2010 at 14:11:48 - Legendary music producer Phil Spector is appealing his conviction for murdering B-movie actress Lana Clarkson in 2003. The legal grounds given by the 70-year-old's lawyers are judicial…

12/03/2010 at 10:56:53 - A 51-year-old man from New Jersey is in court today accused of repeatedly raping his five daughters and fathering six children by them in a case with disturbing…

12/03/2010 at 07:33:03 - Who brought down Lehman Brothers? The question has hung over the financial crisis allowing conspiracy theories to fester. Was it a stitch-up between Goldman bankers and Treasury…

12/03/2010 at 07:09:58 - Are they really bumblers? The establishment's opinion columns quiver with reproofs for maladroit handling of foreign policy by President Obama and his Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.…

10/03/2010 at 10:57:06 - Cellzome in Cambridge has signed a second strategic alliance with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) that will net it £29.9m (EUR 33m) up-front and up to £430m (EUR 475m) in milestone payments. Read more...

09/03/2010 at 17:11:23 - Land and property practice, H W Dean - which is based in Histon near Cambridge - is to merge with property consultancy Carter Jonas. Read more...

09/03/2010 at 14:46:40 - The Cambridge cleantech cluster could have a new global star among its number if start-up Isentropic is able to convert its claims of having developed a new method for large scale energy storage into ...

09/03/2010 at 13:51:17 - Employers in the East of England reported positive hiring intentions for the fourth quarter of 2009, according to survey results released today. Read more...

09/03/2010 at 13:37:56 - A new system that will help to improve patient safety, recovery and the hospital experience has been developed by a team of staff at The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust. Read more...

Today at 14:26:19 - After the coldest winter in three decades, huge areas of Britain's pastures, meadows and downs have emerged bedraggled, tired and brown.

Today at 14:03:00 - The Schools Secretary said society had to be 'very careful' about labelling children as intrinsically evil because young people are affected by what happens to them as they are growing up.

Today at 14:02:40 - Adrian Pengelly, 43, claimed he was a 'visionary healer, energy worker, teacher and psychic' who has 'become world-famous for treating people with cancer'.

Today at 14:01:30 - A group of leading podiatrists today warned that the popularity of the soft sheepskin boots is set to spark a huge rise in the number of people suffering damage to their feet, backs knees and hips.

Today at 13:47:38 - Once, it was considered bad form to use political wives to prop up their husbands' careers. A different world altogether now, it seems.