Piers Morgan has responded to the claim that he told Jeremy Paxman how to access people's voicemail messages, branding him an "ungrateful little wretch".

Martin Currie, the Edinburgh-based fund management giant, has been hit with a £3.5m fine by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for conflict of interest over a series of bond investments.

François Hollande and his partner, Valerie Trierweiler, face two pressing questions which usually dog much younger couples. Should they get married? And where will they live?

Bid teams have started forming to manage the Ministry of Defence's £23bn property estate ahead of a selection process that could start as early as next week.

Tin hats were very much in demand yesterday. With red covering trading screens across the Square Mile, one of the worst-hit on the mid-tier index was Logica after the resignation of one of the IT outsourcer's top brass revived fears over its troublesome Benelux operations.

Today

For the energy explorers, Africa was the place to be yesterday. Oil and gas discoveries, promises of tax breaks and even talk of possible takeover activity gave a boost to companies operating in the continent, including Afren, which closed on the mid-tier index's leaderboard.

The US soldier accused of murdering 16 Afghan civilians in this month's unprovoked shooting spree was $1.5 million (£950,000), in debt and in danger of losing his home, according to reports yesterday.

A British man and his Thai wife have been robbed and beaten to death at a resort in southern Thailand.

A row has broken out between British fund managers and an Australian company with a stake in a North Sea oil field, which is about to go into production.

Surachai was accused of inciting hatred of the monarchy

Steve Bunce explains how he was caught up in the mayhem between two British fighters after Chisora's defiance was overshadowed by press conference brawl

The British hedge fund Pentagon Capital and its chief executive, Lewis Chester, have been ordered by a US judge to pay $77m (£49m) after "intentionally and egregiously" engaging in illegal "late trading" or making mutual fund trades after the market had closed, but at stale prices.

The Egyptian authorities intensified their crackdown on foreigners at the weekend, arresting an Australian journalist and an American student and accusing them of trying to bribe civilians to join a strike.