The Bishop of London said he does not want the anti-capitalist protest outside St Paul's Cathedral to end in violence, as he defended a legal challenge which could lead to the camp's eviction.

By Paul Cahalan

New housing problem looms as landlords fail to meet rising demand in private sector

Germany and France, the eurozone's two biggest economies, said they had reached an agreement to bolster Europe's beleaguered banking sector, amid growing concern over the debt crisis – but they refused to disclose any details.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will tell lawyers their cloistered legal world should be opened up to people from a wider range of backgrounds. The Liberal Democrat leader has given over his diary today to a series of events aimed at improving social mobility.

The hooding of prisoners or terror suspects by Britain's armed forces has been totally banned following a High Court judgement.

Scientists have discovered a hole five times the size of Germany in the ozone layer above the Arctic, allowing harmful ultraviolet radiation to hit northern Canada, Europe and Russia this spring.

By Paul Cahalan

The final bitter exchanges in the decade-long fight to clear the UK's largest traveller site will play out this morning, with bailiffs moving in on Dale Farm in Essex as human rights observers camp inside.