A folding plug designed to fold flat for easy transportation has been crowned the overall winner at the 2010 Brit Insurance Design Awards in London.

The latest employment figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has drawn a mixed response as records show unemployment has fallen, but so has employment.

Ireland has launched a competition – Your Country, Your Call – to encourage the public to put forward proposals that will secure prosperity and jobs in the country, with each of the two winners receiving €100,000.