Gordon Brown insists Britain can come through the economic downturn as he chairs the cabinet meeting in Birmingham.

Financial markets rally as the US government takes over troubled mortgage lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

Andy Murray will become the first British man to win a Grand Slam since 1936 if he beats Roger Federer in the US Open final.

Giant waves and torrential rain from Hurricane Ike are battering Cuba but the storm has now weakened to a Category Two.

The cost of converting the UK to fibre-based broadband could top £28.8bn, says a report.

The BBC and Nokia are collaborating to put the BBC's iPlayer on the Nokia N96 handset.

Text message analysis is becoming a powerful tool in solving crime cases, a science festival in Liverpool hears.

Online retailer Amazon will help the One Laptop Per Child organisation with its plans to sell its XO laptop in the US.