Spending on adult social care is set to fall by an estimated 4.7% in the North and rise by an estimated 2.3% in the South following the Spending Review, a BBC survey suggests.

British movie The King's Speech is the big winner at this year's National Movie Awards winning three prizes.

Libyan state TV shows Col Muammar Gaddafi meeting tribal leaders in Tripoli - in what would be his first public appearance in nearly two weeks.

Union members are due to meet to consider an offer which could end the long-running dispute between British Airways and some cabin crew.

The European Commission is planning to reform the fishing industry by having quota shares issued to boats for periods of at least 15 years, BBC News learns.

University leavers are increasingly taking non-graduate jobs, according to research.

Wales back-row Andy Powell signs for Sale Sharks having left Wasps for his part in a bar brawl.

Thousands of people spend the night outdoors in the southern Spanish town of Lorca after an earthquake which killed at least eight people.