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Freezing temperatures and strong winds forecast to hit UK.

A shorter .uk domain name has been introduced to bring the UK into line with other major European countries.

Curse of lottery strikes again as couple divorce year after EuroMillions jackpot.

Madrid's envoy to London Federico Trillo summoned over territorial waters dispute

Ofcom report shows effect of 2007 relaxation of gambling advertising rules by parliament.

United States must abolish debt ceiling to help speed up global growth, warns OECD.

Teenager arrested after father stabbed in Luton burglary

Michael D. Higgins is to become the first Irish head of state to make an official visit to the UK.

Twitter Alerts lets emergency services highlight important tweets and push notifications to followers in UK and Ireland.

Arctic blast set to bring freezing temperatures and six inches of snow to the UK next week.

Get a free Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 on buying a Galaxy Note 3 at Phones 4U.

Cryptolocker ransomware campaign launched to target tens of millions of UK email addresses.

Group owned by family of billionaire Philip Green sees sales decline on back of milder than expected weather.

BNP Paribas bought Belgium's 25% stake in for €3.25bn, a €900m capital gain for the government.

Matt Wrack, the Fire Brigades Union general secretary, says firefighters are being priced out.

Frances O'Grady, TUC general secretary, says working people deserve a fair share of the benefits of recovery.

Unions say a 1% pay increase is not enough as real-term pay fell by 13%.

OECD signals growth may be better than expected in many economies, but warns on troubled Brics nations.

Percentage rise lower than those of big six firms Centrica and SSE but still above annual wages growth.

Deloitte says level of expertise of capital's leadership unrivalled across globe.

Chris Jones, of City & Guilds, says society has placed too much emphasis on academia.

Makers of the show, Downton Abbey announced its renewal for a fifth season

The top 10 contestants of Miss Universe 2013 are from Spain, Philippines, Great Britain, India, Brazil, USA, Ukraine, Ecuador, Venezuela and Dominican Republic.

The 2013 Miss Universe pageant, currently in its 62nd edition, has begun in Moscow, Russia.

Two ex-HTC employees have launched their new smartphone brand, with London-based Kazam today announcing seven new smartphones.

UCL study finds European immigrants to UK make £25bn net contribution to economy.

The report makes 22 recommendations to boost Britain's engineering industry.

Chairman of CBI Enterprise Forum says European Union has vital role in creating single digital market.

Labour's shadow chancellor Ed Balls to tell CBI conference he shares vision of reformed Europe - but from the inside.

Astbury Marsden says many banks are being prudent and putting off bigger hiring decisions.