Steve Jobs resigns as chief executive at Apple and will be replaced by the firm's chief operating officer Tim Cook.

The UN urges governments to do more to help groups of stateless people, who are discriminated against as they live without a nationality.

A woman who attacked a cash machine in Wiltshire with a high-heeled stiletto is sought by police.

A 30-year-old man arrested in connection with the murders of six people in Jersey is released from hospital and into police custody.

A UK government minister defends a deal with the Swiss that could capture tax of up to £5bn but keep account holders' identities hidden.

A small, 160-million-year-old fossil from China shows that placental and marsupial mammals diverged much earlier than previously suggested.

A 22-year-old man dies and another man is missing in the sea after an incident on cliffs on Anglesey.

About 750,000 pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are due to find out their GCSE results, with another year of record scores likely.