Carmaker Toyota is recalling 400,000 hybrid cars worldwide including 8,500 in the UK because of braking problems.

The fault which caused a plane to crash land at Heathrow Airport in January 2008 was "unrecognised", a report says.

Experts fear older women are ditching contraception in the mistaken belief that fertility wanes at a certain age.

Iran has begun the process of enriching uranium to 20% at its plant at Natanz in defiance of the West, state media says.

MPs are to vote on Gordon Brown's plan for a referendum on changing Britain's "first past the post" voting system.

The BBC is to reveal the total amount paid to its performers who broadcast on radio and television.

A UK soldier from 36 Engineer Regiment has been killed by an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.

UK retail sales described as 'awful' as icy weather and the unsteady economy keep shoppers at home.

Children as young as five are being targeted in a new online safety campaign by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre.

Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, denies a charge of involuntary manslaughter over the singer's death.