An investigation has been launched after a British Airways flight from London to Glasgow had to turn back because the pilots were taken ill.

A nurse arrested on suspicion of murdering three patients at Stepping Hill Hospital is released on bail pending further inquiries.

China's lending and money supply grow at a faster pace than expected as the country relaxes its credit restrictions.

The cabinet is to discuss proposals to give the Scottish government the legal power to hold a binding referendum on independence.

Nigeria's president says for the first time he thinks sympathisers of the Islamist Boko Haram group are in his government and security agencies.

The Leveson Inquiry into press standards is to hear evidence from senior figures in the newspaper industry when it resumes for the first time since Christmas.

Police in Norway cut in half a traffic fine for a Swedish trucker on the grounds that Swedes earn less than Norwegians, an Oslo newspaper reports.

Vincent Kompany was only sent off because Wayne Rooney put pressure on referee Chris Foy in Manchester City's 3-2 FA Cup defeat to Manchester United on Sunday, according to Roberto Mancini.