Ulster Bank is fined 3.5m euros (£2.75m) by the Central Bank of Ireland over its 2012 IT meltdown which left customers without access to their accounts.

Parts of Canada and the US Midwest get their first blast of winter, sending temperatures plummeting by as much as 22C (40F) in days.

Up to 8.000 volunteers are set to start removing the 888, 246 commemorative ceramic poppies from the Tower of London.

A Malian nurse dies of Ebola, the second confirmed death in Mali, but officials say it is unrelated to the first case.

Prisoners and employees are being left vulnerable at HMP Elmley as a result of staff shortages, inspectors find.

The US and Chinese leaders hold more talks in Beijing, amid rumbling unease over trade rivalries and regional tensions.

Russia agrees to build up to eight nuclear reactors in Iran, as a deadline approaches for agreement in talks on curbing Iran's nuclear programme.

The London Borough of Newham which hosted the 2012 Olympics is the least physically active place in England, say researchers.