New York says Japan's Nissan Motor has won a contract to provide the next generation of the city's ubiquitous yellow taxis.

Four artists - among them one who creates sculptures from make-up and soil - are shortlisted for this year's prestigious Turner Prize.

Two remand prisoners, a man and a woman, are found dead in their cells at Hydebank Young Offenders Centre on the outskirts of Belfast.

Lloyds bank has set aside £3.2bn to pay compensation to customers who were mis-sold payment protection insurance.

UK interest rates are kept on hold again at the record low of 0.5% by the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee.

Pop star Cheryl Cole is to sit on the judging panel of the US version of The X Factor, Simon Cowell confirms.

Foreign Secretary William Hague says the world is determined to intensify military pressure on Libya's Col Muammar Gaddafi.

Two teenagers are arrested on suspicion of arson after fires broke out in Berkshire where a forest has been burning for three days.