Former Barclays boss Bob Diamond says some traders at the bank were "reprehensible", as MPs question whether they have got the full facts.

A lifeguard who left his section of a Florida beach to help rescue a man from drowning is given the sack for breaking company rules.

Former chief executive of France Telecom Didier Lombard is placed under formal investigation over a spate of suicides among staff at the company.

The defence secretary is to announce details later of how the Army will be restructured as it cuts a fifth of troops over a decade.

The UK Border Agency has no "clear strategy" for tackling more than 150,000 foreign nationals staying on after visas expire, the immigration inspector says.

Moss plants in Antarctica take nutrients from the frozen poo left behind by penguins thousands of years ago, research reveals.

Daniel Sturridge is being treated for viral meningitis but is "optimistic" about playing for Team GB at London 2012.

One crewman has died and two others remain missing, feared dead, after two military jets crashed in the Moray Firth, the RAF says.