A government-backed review of the financial industry by Professor John Kay is expected to accuse the City of an obsession with short-term profits.

One of Cuba's most prominent dissidents and Sakharov human rights prize winner, Oswaldo Paya, dies in a car crash, activists say.

Reigning champion Sebastian Vettel is relegated to fifth after the German GP for passing Jenson Button while off track.

A Briton and two Americans were killed in a shooting incident at a training centre in Herat, western Afghanistan, on Sunday, the BBC is told.

Securing the Games, Gordon Corera asks is London ready?

More than 2,000 dairy farmers are holding fresh protests over the prices they are paid for their milk, campaign group Farmers for Action says.

World champion Mark Cavendish will be allowed to leave Team Sky if he wants to go, says boss Dave Brailsford.

Bradley Wiggins will immediately focus on his London 2012 preparations following his historic Tour de France victory.