IOC President Jacques Rogge praises Beijing's efforts to cut pollution, saying there is no risk to the health of Olympic athletes.

The Treasury is looking at "a number of options" on stamp duty and says it is "wrong" to suggest payment delays are proposed.

An 18-year-old shot dead in a supermarket in London was an innocent bystander caught in the line of fire, police say.

The Bank of England keeps its key interest rate at 5% as it weighs up the slowing economy with inflation worries.

Four current and former British Airways executives may face jail if convicted of fixing the price of fuel surcharges.

Pakistan's ruling coalition parties say they will begin impeachment proceedings against President Pervez Musharraf.

Doctors are urged to offer all children up to 18 the MMR jab amid concern of a growing risk of a measles epidemic.

Police play down an intelligence report suggesting Madeleine McCann was snatched by a paedophile ring.