The UK does not have the conditions for a competitive retail banking sector, a Treasury Committee report says.

The campaign for a Yes vote in the referendum on changing the way MPs are elected is being officially launched.

Three men who carried out a "sadistic" attack on a man they wrongly accused of child abuse are jailed.

The main political parties are campaigning in Scotland's biggest cities, as the battle for Holyrood continues ahead of the 5 May election

An attack on a UN building in Afghanistan which left 14 dead was "outrageous and cowardly", UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says.

The Palestinian Islamist group, Hamas, warns Israel of "consequences" after an air strike in Gaza killed three members of its military wing.

Radioactive water leaks into the sea from a crack in a concrete containment pit at Japan's quake-hit Fukushima plant, its operator says.

People living in parts of England will be able to decide where new houses, shops and businesses should go in their neighbourhood, as part of a trial.