...policeman drowned yesterday after torrential rain continued to swell rivers in Cumbria causing a "once in a 1,000-year" flood.PC Bill Barker, 44, was swept away when a bridge collapsed in Workington while he was helping drivers cross it in the early hours...

...contest. Dell's results were in contrast to a better-than-expected report from PC manufacturer Hewlett-Packard. HP last week released preliminary fourth-quarter...potential inventory overshoot" by chipmakers optimistic about a rebound in PC demand.

...policeman drowned on Friday after torrential rain continued to swell rivers in Cumbria causing a "once in a 1,000-year" flood.Pc Bill Barker, 44, was swept away when a bridge collapsed in Workington while he was helping drivers cross it in the early hours...

...be rolled out from 2012. In the short term, however, the best way of improving distribution would be to cap or ban commissions where harmful bias is demonstrated, and to limit the period of trail commissions.John Chapman is a freelance journalist

...Club dinner at Mossiman's midweek, Monsieur Levy injected more V's - "for victory" - into his depiction of the recovery. He broke down patterns region by region and sector by sector, applying the V to China and Asia generally.The luxury goods purveyors were all...

...councils" and turned on their former allies, al-Qaeda in Iraq.Iraqi officials did not blame...residents said the murders bore the signature of al-Qaeda in Iraq, which lost the ability to...paramilitary groups, known as Sons of Iraq.Ihab al-Sobai, a spokesman for the local Sons of...

The mere possibility that a $7.4bn technology merger in California might be blocked by regulators nearly half the world away

Valerie Singleton, the former television and radio presenter, yesterday became the latest well-known figure to try to entice

Valerie Singleton, the former television and radio presenter, yesterday became the latest well-known figure to try to entice

...leaseback and rental company Pierre et Vacances (P&V) recounts that British investors' first...as 4-5 per cent.For UK investors, P&V dominates the leaseback market - and...this position in two ways. First, P&V's parent company is aggressively expanding...