The advert for BT infinity. Despite its claims of an ‘instant internet’, the service is subject to delays – just like instant coffee or instant hair removal cream, said BT An ad campaign for BT that promised “instant” broadband has been banned after the advertising... 

Volunteers in Louisiana clean a pelican covered in oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon rig. Taxpayers in the US and UK will now have to bear some of the clean-up costs from the spill Photograph: Reuters BP is poised to spark fresh controversy after it emerged today that taxpayers on both sides... 

Donor-assisted conception is to be made easier by reducing the chronic shortages of donated eggs and sperm. Photograph: ZEPHYR/SPL/Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF Britain’s fertility regulator is planning big changes to the strict rules governing egg and sperm donation in order... 

Scotland’s justice secretary Kenny MacAskill. Photograph: David Moir/Reuters The Scottish justice minister has been accused of “running a mile” from a US inquiry into the release of the Libyan jailed for the Lockerbie bombing. Labour and Tory leaders said Kenny MacAskill,...