Detectives launch an investigation after the discovery of human remains in an area of woodland in Norfolk.

There has been a 'seismic collapse' in private sector pensions, with nine out of 10 defined benefit schemes closed to new entrants, a report warns.

Finance chiefs at the UK's biggest firms think there is a one in three chance of at least one country leaving the euro in 2012, a report says.

Aretha Franklin announces that she has become engaged to her old friend William "Willie" Wilkerson, at the age of 69, and plans a summer wedding.

Asian stocks climb on the first full day of trading in 2012 boosted by better-than-expected economic data and European gains.

Egyptian voters cast their ballots in the third and final round of elections to the lower house of parliament, part of the first democratic elections in 60 years.

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are due to meet in Jordan on Tuesday, after more than 15 months of deadlock in peace talks.

Graeme Swann says there will be no ill feeling in the series between England and Pakistan despite the spot-fixing scandal that marred their last meeting.