The consumer group Which? calls for a crack-down on ticket resale sites, arguing that consumers face a "stitch-up".

Four Air France employees are sacked following violent protests at the company's headquarters in October.

Shares in Australia are down more than 2% in early trade on Friday as falling commodity prices hit energy related stocks.

The government sells £13bn of former Northern Rock mortgages that taxpayers acquired during the financial crisis.

The rate of growth in the German economy slowed in the third quarter of the year, but the French economy picked up.

A report questions Adani Mining's suitability to develop a coal mine in Australia because its chief executive has links to an earlier pollution case.

The FTSE 100 opens lower, with shares in Rolls-Royce continuing to drop after Thursday's profit warning.

A record oil stockpile of three billion barrels will not be cleared until well into next year, the International Energy Agency said.