Apple's stock market valuation rises above $500bn joining only six other companies to have reached that mark.

Web-based treatment may be better at helping teenagers with chronic fatigue syndrome, say scientists.

From technologies which allow the brain to directly control computers to using electricity to enhance brain function, the way technology can "intervene" in the brain is being reviewed.

The price of gold drops sharply as comments by the US Fed chairman raise hopes about the US economic recovery.

More than 40% of households in England are facing a council tax rise from April despite the government funding a freeze on bills, a survey suggests.

The police officer shot and blinded by gunman Raoul Moat is found dead at his home in Northumberland.

Protests over the burning of the Koran by US soldiers were "a setback" which can be overcome, Nato's commander in Afghanistan tells the BBC.

A new rock house built within caves is to be unveiled later at an attraction in Staffordshire.