Future Accountant : News

The Office for National Statistics released figures that show more women are employed compared to men.

Lord Sugar's bid to recover costs from a winner of TV's The Apprentice after she lost a tribunal against him fails.

Labour leader Ed Miliband's plan to freeze gas and electricity bills has come under fire from energy firms in the UK, including E.On.

Lloyd's List, the shipping industry newspaper that started out pinned to a London coffee shop wall in 1734, will be online only by the end of the year.

An astronaut who was forced to abandon a spacewalk because of a dangerous water leak in his helmet says he was "always confident" he would survive.

Energy firms warn against plans to freeze bills as their share prices fall - but Ed Miliband dismisses their "scare stories".

Shock of seeing Pakistan island emerge from the sea

Cuckoo finches lay multiple eggs in the nests of other birds to make it harder to detect the 'imposters', researchers find.

Trust is on the decline, and we need to rebuild it. That’s a commonly heard suggestion for making a better world … but, says philosopher Onora O’Neill, we don’t really understand what we're suggesting. She flips the question, showing us that our three most common ideas about trust are actually misdirected. (Filmed at TEDxHousesofParliament.)

Spot-checks by the City regulator into the way PPI complaints are handled have found "significant issues" among two-thirds of financial firms visited.

The UK Treasury launches a legal challenge against European Union plans to cap the level of banking bonuses.

Network Rail chief executive Sir David Higgins is to take over next year as chairman of HS2 Ltd, the Department for Transport says.

UK broker ICAP is fined $87m (£54m) by UK and US regulators over the Libor price-fixing scandal.

Why is my gas and electricity bill more than £1,000?

Former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas is charged over her role in a fracking protest at Balcombe in West Sussex.

An Alaskan airport says it has had to place barricades across one of its taxiways after an Apple Maps flaw resulted in iPhone users driving across a runway.

At least 270 people are killed as a 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes south-western Pakistan, causing a new island to emerge.

Greece's Health Minister, Adonis Georgiadis tells HARDtalk that after three years of austerity, the Greek people will not put up with further cuts - and the country will give all the money back to Germany when it can.

An attempt to establish an Irish day devoted to Guinness risks becoming a major PR hangover for the drinks giant Diageo, before even a drop is drunk.

Can the shape of chocolate change its taste?

Should VAT be cut for pubs and restaurants - in order to boost businesss? 5 live hears both sides of the argument.

The Bank of England is watching the UK's housing market "closely" for signs of any overheating, policymakers say.

Students describe their struggle to find part time jobs - which are increasingly important for future employability, according to an adviser from the University of Salford.

Scientists are certain that greenhouse gases from human activities are heating the planet, but say the earth's surface temperature remains unchanged since 1998.

Amazon introduces the ability to call up a tech adviser via a video box on its latest Kindle tablets as it seeks to distinguish itself from the competition.