Surveyors expect sales of homes in the UK to pick up in the next three months owing to support for mortgage lending.

School dinners will be put at risk by new buildings regulations which no longer require schools to have proper kitchens and canteens say campaigners.

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC reports a 79% drop in profit as it continues to lose ground to rivals Samsung and Apple.

A blood test that reads genetic results like a barcode can pick out the most aggressive prostate cancers, say experts.

The Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner will try to become the first human to break the sound barrier unaided by a vehicle when he jumps out of a balloon high over the New Mexico desert.

Householders who over-react when confronted by burglars will escape prosecution, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling will tell Tory activists.

The Football Association's new centre of excellence in Staffordshire is to be officially opened by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

The winner of a cockroach-eating competition dies soon after eating dozens of live insects in the US state of Florida, authorities say.