Fear, loathing and lies in Las Vegas

Realty rows and romances for Alabama's golden girls

Of the 29 EU countries, only Denmark and Greece are below the UK

Outlook The Coalition's methods might be madness but the OBR is right on the central point: the deficit needs to be addressed. Unfettered borrowing is a recipe for disaster.

Face up to dangers of global warming or your communities will end up deserted, says report

Following the launch of SimCity Social we spoke to Andrew Mo, GM of Playfish Beijing, to get the full low down on the latest to rival the all-conquering social networking game that is Farmville.

Unhelpful estate agents and websites are trapping young disabled people at home, says a new report

A man facing forcible eviction from his home took four people hostage and shot them dead before turning his gun on himself yesterday after he barricaded himself inside his apartment in the German city of Karlsruhe during a police siege of the building.

The play chimed neatly with our time with its obsession with material wealth and social status

It seems reports of the death of the housing market may be an exaggeration. According to the Council of Mortgage Lenders, gross mortgage lending in May climbed 13 per cent from a year earlier and 24 per cent on April.

A mother watched in horror as her two-year-old daughter plunged to her death from the fourth floor of a block of flats.

By 2060, the state will need to spend an extra £8.13 billion on Housing Benefit for older people, says new report