North Sea oil revenues in the first three months of 2015 were down 75% on the previous quarter, the Scottish Conservatives say.

The finance ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland warn that UK government spending cuts are moving "too fast and too far".

Ashley Madison is facing a C$760m class-action lawsuit after customer data from the infidelity dating website was leaked on to the so-called dark web last week.

Stock markets in the Middle East fall sharply after a difficult week for all major global share indexes.

Rail services are disrupted as workers at First Great Western stage a 24-hour strike in an ongoing dispute over new trains.

China plans to let its main state pension fund invest in the stock market for the first time to try to arrest the slide in the country's stock market.