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More than eight million viewers watched the 29-year-old athlete pressing a bag of frozen peas to her heavily bandaged knee just before she was about to dance the tango in the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, but she never took to...

Gartner has predicted that 2010 will see a "return to growth" for worldwide PC shipments. But such a reversal in fortunes will not be helped if Britain fails to shrug off what has been a prolonged decline in sales here...It...

The annual health check on the state of the industrial labour market from the Engineering and Technology Board, due out on Tuesday, shows that the sector needs to shatter its male-dominated image to tackle a potentially severe skills shortage. It...

For one thing, the Audit Bureau of Circulation will soon start dishing them out as a daily statistic (not just as a month's worth of unique using rolled into one). For another, Johnston Press, one of Britain's regional chains, is...

The Chancellor should double the tax relief on income made from renting out a spare room when he delivers his pre-Budget report on 9 December, according to the National Landlords Association. The NLA hopes that Alistair Darling can be persuaded...

Anyone paying for a "protected" no-claims bonus for their car insurance could be wasting their money. According to the comparison site Confused.com there are "staggering inconsistencies" in the charges insurers impose on drivers to protect their NCB. "The maximum no-claims...

She is disabled and therefore needs an elevated driver's position, power steering, and automatic transmission. Apparently, the vehicles we suggested a few weeks ago for Peter Unsworth sounded absolutely ideal – but we treat every Car Choice request individually.

My father died in February 2005 after suffering bouts of pneumonia and leukaemia, all related to the mesothelioma that lay dormant for 40 years. People in the higher echelons of the industry knew the dangers and said and did nothing....

Putting together the power of the internet and sport would seem a natural combination for a New Zealand company. What's more surprising is the success that Auckland-based AllTeams has had overseas. AllTeams provides a web-based system that allows sports clubs...