Global bank shares, the euro and Italy's bond and stock markets fall, as initial results from Italy's elections point to parliamentary deadlock.

A run of poor sleep can have a dramatic effect on the internal workings of the human body, say UK researchers.

Babies can decipher human speech as early as three months before birth, say scientists.

A "complete lack of common sense" in the Department for Transport's handling of the West Coast Main Line franchise deal will cost taxpayers "£50m at the very least", MPs say.

A Jersey couple who got married dressed as film characters had to get special permission from the Government for their ceremony.

Plans for a total ban on the practice of discarding fish at sea are to go before Europe's fisheries ministers, with some fearing they will be diluted.

An 18-month-old child is diagnosed with swine flu, the second case of the virus in Dumfries and Galloway within a week.

US bank JP Morgan Chase increases its planned job cuts to 19,000 by the end of next year in its mortgage and community banking businesses.