Look around the board of any central bank, including the ECB, and what you see at the top is still a world of grey men with very few exceptions.

Compensation rates for British households and businesses left without power over Christmas have been published by energy firms.

Thick fog has caused another day of flight chaos for air passengers in the UK and also affected ferry services.

A British dance teacher had 80 bridesmaids on her wedding day.

Builders demolished a driveway of a house by mistake.

A 15-tonne lump of fat has blocked a London drain.

A new documentary is to be filmed in a nightclub's toilets.

A man has offered someone the chance to live with him for free – as long as they dress up as a walrus.

Ozzy Osbourne is set to move back to the UK to save his marriage to Sharon.

A teenager had to be cut out of a baby's high chair by firefighters.

A 51-year-old woman has vowed to get her "whole body" covered in 'Twilight' tattoos.

A dog has eaten 109 stones from a beach.

Brussels sprouts could become flatulence free thanks to new technology.

A thief shouts "potatoes, potatoes, potatoes" before pickpocketing people in Britain.

A teenager has been banned from all shops that sell chocolate.

Topless men are not allowed to board selected buses in Brighton and Hove, south east England - because their sweat upsets other passengers.

Carey Mulligan is dating British singer Marcus Mumford.

A doors and windows manufacturer is to create 225 jobs in the North over the next three years.

A gorilla in a British zoo prefers to walk on his hind legs.

Frozen Britain will endure another Arctic blast of snow and ice today as sub-zero temperatures bring more chaos to public transport, motorways and commuters.

British travellers endured more misery today, with the wintry weather wrecking air and rail schedules and causing hazardous driving conditions.

The 'Prince Charming' hitmaker Adam Ant - who suffers from bipolar disorder - has been hospitalised under the mental health act weeks after a series of troubled public appearances, including aiming a tirade of abuse at Christians during a charity performance.

The ‘Fight for This Love’ singer Cheryl Cole has had windows in her £4m Surrey mansion, South East England, forced open at 4.30am yesterday while her soccer player husband Ashley Cole was asleep upstairs.

An appeal by UK airport operator BAA against competition chiefs’ decision to make it sell three of its airports starts in London today.

Bon Jovi have been slapped with a lawsuit by a British woman who alleges she was seriously injured when a member of their entourage ran her over during a 2006 gig in the UK.

Airport operator BAA put the For Sale sign up over Gatwick airport today in a move likely to spark a lively bidding war.

Richard Branson's airline, Virgin Atlantic, has said it would "relish" the chance to buy Gatwick Airport after heavily-criticised airport operator BAA put it up for sal today.

Competition chiefs are expected to pave the way for a major shake-up of the ownership of some of the UK's biggest airports.

A series of international firms were today reported to be targeting Gatwick Airport as owner BAA faced being broken up by competition bosses.

British airports operator BAA today revealed it spent an additional £39m (€55m) on security and improvements during the first nine months of this year.

Under-fire UK airport operator BAA had its busiest-ever month in July, it was announced today.

The world’s largest offshore windfarm is to be built off the coast of south east England, the British government said today.

A former British agent who spied on the IRA was released without charge tonight after being questioned about two murders in Northern Ireland.

The European Union’s competition watchdog today approved a takeover bid for airports owner BAA by a consortium led by Spanish construction group Ferrovial.

US giant General Electric has emerged as a surprise participant in the battle to buy British airports operator BAA, it was reported today.

Energy company Airtricity is set to build four new wind farms in Ireland which will double the amount of renewable energy it supplies to the National Grid, it was announced today.

Fears of a petrol shortage and hike in prices because of today's massive blasts at the Buncefield oil depot north of London were allayed by a leading industry expert today.

Five men arrested during a series of anti-terrorism raids in the UK appeared in court today charged with taking part in a suspected bomb plot.

Bank of Ireland Group has announced that Richie Boucher is to be appointed chief executive officer (designate) of corporate banking.

AT last a garden that doesn’t need mowing — just eating.

The British travel industry is to urge the UK government to reconsider a decision not to expand Gatwick airport, it was disclosed today.