Regulator Martin Wheatley proposes overhauling the inter-bank interest rate system, and condemns the failure of oversight by the British Bankers' Association.

Labour will review the purpose and value of all public spending if it wins the next general election, shadow chancellor Ed Balls says.

Extra-curricular exercise sessions have little impact on children's overall daily physical activity, research in the British Medical Journal suggests.

Hundreds of thousands of pregnant women across the UK are to be offered a whooping cough vaccine to protect babies from an outbreak of the disease.

Epilepsy is twice as common in low and middle-income countries as it is in the developed world, experts warn.

A man linked to an anti-Islam video that sparked riots across the Muslim world is being held without bond in Los Angeles, for violating probation terms.

Boarding schools urge the government to remove overseas pupils from net immigration figures, warning it could drive away students who bring in more than £500m a year in fees.

Japan's industrial output fell more than expected in August, as cars and electronics suffer from weak global demand, figures show.