“It's a threat to our water. It's a threat to our air. The oil and gas industry wants to frack the UK and only we can stop them,” begins Lush, the handmade cosmetic company, in its online campaign against the controversial method of fracking.

Drilling began at 11.15am at the West Sussex site as demonstrations entered their ninth day

Natalie Hynde, the daughter of The Pretenders’ singer Chrissie Hynde and The Kinks’ Ray Davies has been arrested after apparently gluing her hands to her boyfriend during a protest against fracking.

France's Schneider Electric has agreed a £3.4 billion deal for Invensys in a move that could lead to jobs cuts for UK workers.    

Manning leaked ‘to gain notoriety’

Tom Bawden visits the West Sussex village where events are shaking up old allegiances

Heat and humidity will bring a good chance of heavy showers and even thunder

Gift vouchers to be honoured but only to half of price

The Education Secretary Michael Gove’s department has been censured by public spending watchdogs over a plan to set up a state boarding school for inner-city children in the heart of the Sussex countryside.

Amol Rajan finds brotherly love at a new family-run restaurant in west London

There was much amusement in the Twitterverse this week after Odell's father rang NME to complain about its 0/10 review of Long Way Down.

Norton Rose, the 219-year-old London law firm, completes its merger with US practice Fulbright & Jaworski today, in what the combined group's boss describes as a "momentous occasion".

The death of a soldier at an Army barracks has prompted a police investigation although officers said there are no suspicious circumstances.

Former I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! contestant Aggro Santos called today for rape suspects to be given anonymity until they are convicted.