The National Trust has been exonerated by the Charity Commission over complaints that comments on green spaces made by its chairman were too political.

The Charity Commission is likely to recommend dropping a proposal that would exempt charities with an income of under £25,000 from submitting a Trustees' Annual Report.

Cancer Research UK is to bring all its London staff under one roof into a new office in Angel Islington. The charity, which currently occupies eight buildings across London, plans to move into The Angel Building (pictured) on the corner of St John Street and Pentonville Road by the end of 2010.

The erosion of the English language is often blamed on text messaging, emails and badly-scripted soap operas. Now youth volunteering charity v has joined the motley crew, according to a Conservative MP.