Microsoft plans to increase prices for some enterprise services by up to 22% in Britain following the plunge in the pound, likely hitting thousands of companies and government departments who rely on its cloud and software products.

British Cabinet Office Minister Oliver Letwin has been dumping government documents in park waste paper bins, it was reported today.

Cyber criminals infected a network of almost two million computers around the world, including machines inside UK government departments, security experts have disclosed.

British military aircraft have been patrolling the skies above London as part of the latest operation to guard against a terrorist attack, Britain's Ministry of Defence confirmed today.