Ke$ha's mother claims her daughter "almost died" after starving herself.

Accountancy software group Sage today brushed aside fears that customers were reducing budgets for new technology by signalling a 16% hike in half-year profits.

Accountancy software group Sage today said growth in all of its major markets was expected to drive a 20% improvement in annual profits to £181m (€260.2m).

The benchmark FTSE 100 Index remained in the red today, despite clawing its way back from earlier lows after US economic data came in better than expected.