Full coverage: Northern Europe

29.06.2005 The Basic Skills Agency and BBC Worldwide Interactive Learning have collaborated to produce a CD-ROM for adults on citizenship and basic skills.

28.06.2005 A cluster of over 20 government departments and agencies in the education sector have established a landmark framework for sharing data between their organisations and potentially the wider public sector.

27.06.2005 As government services progressively move online, digital inclusion involves citizens knowing that these facilities are there, why they are handy, how to use them... and actually using the services.

27.06.2005 UK Ministers have been urged to agree a comprehensive shake-up of police ICT that would see the scrapping of the Police Information Technology Organisation and the 43 independent IT departments of forces across England and Wales.

21.06.2005 The dominance of English on the internet is being challenged by the UK organisation that maintains British website addresses, in a move designed to reflect the country's multi-cultural mix.

21.06.2005 The BBC is poised to release a free and "open source" Internet video delivery system to compete head on with proprietary favourites.

21.06.2005 A 'digital' plaster has been designed which could keep a constant check on one's health, its makers have claimed.The device checks vital signs such as temperature, blood pressure and glucose levels, sending results to a computer, which highlights any cause for concern.

21.06.2005 The British Government plans to provide communities with
access to ICT facilities under a new multi-million pound scheme through schools.