Experts meet in Switzerland to decide whether to alter the world's timekeeping by abolishing the leap second.

Rescue efforts resume aboard the wrecked Italian cruise ship, Costa Concordia, with more than 20 people still missing after it ran aground on Friday.

In a speech later, the prime minister is expected to demand greater transparency in pay and bonuses to tackle what he has called "rewards for failure".

Car production in the UK rose by 5.8% in 2011, industry figures show, with growth driven by a record number of exports.

At least six civilians are killed in a suicide attack at the international airport in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say.

The number of knife-point robberies rose by 10% in the year to September, but police figures show overall crime in England and Wales fell by 4%.

The Metropolitan Police wins its appeal against a High Court ruling over "kettling" tactics used during the G20 demonstrations in 2009.

Jude Law and Lord Prescott are among the high-profile figures to receive payouts over phone hacking by the News of the World, the High Court hears.