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Conservative breakaway church faction attacks liberals, speaking of 'unbiblical' action

As the economy crumbles, it's increasingly likely that Brown will have to break his own economic rules, writes David Litterick

I hear that civil servants at Communities and Local government might have to work a little harder at installing their energy saving light bulbs. The department in charge of introducing the EU's whizzy new energy rating system across all commercial buildings recently had its own environmental audit. No surprise that the outcome wasn't too good.

On Tuesday we speculated whether, by the end of this week, we would be any closer to answering the looming economic question: hard or soft landing?

Many Britons appear to be handling the prospect of recession and the economic downturn by staying at home to eat ready-made meals washed down with New World wines from upmarket stores, venturing out to shop only for cut-price goods.

Taxpayers are at the limit of what they are willing to pay to fund public services, the Chancellor has said in an interview with The Times.

Hundreds of thousands of with-profits policyholders at Friends Provident are facing a big slide in the final value of their nest eggs after the insurer cut terminal bonus payouts at its £13 billion fund.

LONDON (Reuters) - Citigroup chairman Win Bischoff has warned that house prices in Britain and the United States are likely to keep falling for another two years.

PARIS (Reuters) - Jerome Kerviel, the banker blamed for the world's worst rogue trading scandal, has changed his legal team to focus on a more "aggressive" defence strategy, a spokeswoman for Kerviel ...

London, July 19 : The city of Beijing in China is planning to enlist its 15 million residents as another layer in its shield to protect venues in the Olympic games against possible terrorist attacks.