Flooded houses in Cockermouth, Cumbria, last November. Photograph: Scott Heppell/AP Climate change will increase the risk of flooding in the UK, which could lead to dramatic rises in insurance premiums for homeowners and businesses and make some areas of the country uninsurable, the Association... 

BP’s efforts to finish relief oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico have been set back. Photograph: Lyle W Ratliff/EPA The tropical storm Bonnie has forced BP to temporarily suspend drilling on its relief well in the Gulf of Mexico. Work to permanently plug the oil giant’s leaking Macondo... 

British Airways cabin crew based in Scotland, Ireland and in Europe have lodged claims against the airline under race discrimination laws. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA British Airways has been accused of racial discrimination by cabin crew, opening a new front in an industrial dispute that... 

Facebook Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. A New York man has filed suit, claiming that he contractually owns 84 percent of Facebook. In a court filing originally unearthed by The Wall Street Journal, Paul Ceglia claimed that he entered into a contract with Mark Zuckerberg, owner of TheFacebook.com and later... 

David Cameron, centre, and a delegation of British business people and sports personalities board a plane in Ankara bound for Bangalore in India. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA David Cameron was making headlines in India today – although not necessarily as large as his advisers had perhaps...