Michael Schumacher's helmet camera footage shows him travelling at the speed of "a very good skier on fairly hard terrain" when he hit a rock, investigators say.

Alan Mulally, the chief executive of Ford, says he will not be leaving the US carmaker to join Microsoft.

Government plans to increase spending on state pensions have been criticised as "unaffordable and irresponsible" in a report by a free market think tank.

Although smoking is becoming less popular in many parts of the world, the total number of people who smoke is growing and has reached close to a billion, global figures reveal.

All 50 US states see sub-zero temperatures, including the town of Hell, Michigan, which freezes over.

Members of the House of Lords will try to block a law under which courts could stop people being annoying in public later.

Shadowy US R&B singer Banks comes third in the BBC's annual list of new music talent.

House prices across the UK rose by 7.5% last year, according to the Halifax, the country's largest mortgage lender.