North Korea confirms that Chang Song-thaek, a powerful uncle of North Korea's young leader Kim Jong-un, has been dismissed from his post.

Patients are facing hours of waiting in ambulances outside A&E departments, BBC figures show - with one case revealing an almost six-and-a-half hour delay.

David and Samantha Cameron choose a black and white portrait of the couple and their youngest daughter Florence for their 2013 Christmas card.

Lily Allen returns to the top of the UK singles chart with her cover version of Keane's Somewhere Only We Know.

There is anger in a number of Monday's papers at news that MPs are in line for an 11% pay rise after the next election.

A survey of recruitment firms shows sharp growth in the demand for staff in November and the sharpest rise in salaries in six years.

The OECD says Labour's plan to freeze energy bills if it wins the 2015 election could put investors in energy firms in financial danger.

A campaign urging people with a persistent cough to get checked by their doctor has led to a "dramatic rise" in lung cancer diagnoses, campaigner say.