An auction of football memorabilia belonging to a Newcastle United fan killed in the MH17 disaster raises £26,000 at auction.

Two former foreign secretaries, Jack Straw and Sir Malcolm Rifkind, have been secretly filmed apparently offering their services to a private company for thousands of pounds.

HSBC confirms that the bank's chief executive Stuart Gulliver has a Swiss bank account for his bonus payments.

Australia will toughen its citizenship laws as part of a new anti-terrorism strategy to combat rising threats, PM Tony Abbott announces.

The Grand Sheikh of Egypt's al-Azhar University calls for overhaul of Islamic religious teaching to tackle spread of extremism.

The deaths of hundreds of people with mental health conditions who were held in detention could have been avoided, an inquiry in England and Wales finds.

Universal benefits for pensioners will once again be protected if the Conservatives win May's general election, David Cameron will say later.

The Church of England pays some staff less than the living wage - despite calling on employers to pay at least that amount - the Sun newspaper reveals.