Ronnie Wolfe, the writer of TV comedy classic On The Buses, has died after hitting his head in a fall, his son-in-law says.

Lawyers defending a US soldier accused of handing government secrets to Wikileaks say his supervisors failed to recognise his troubled emotional state.

The operation to police this summer's riots in towns and cities across England was flawed, a report by the Home Affairs Committee says.

New rules to stop the resurgence of risky mortgage lending are likely to be imposed in 2013 by the financial regulator.

The chancellor is expected to announce to MPs that he will legislate to separate retail banking from more risky investment activities.

Tributes have been flooding in from around the world following the death of the Czech Republic's first President, Vaclav Havel.

The government has set a new deadline of 15:00 GMT on Monday for a response from unions to its latest offer over public sector pensions, a union says.

One in five UK households saw a drop in income in the last quarter, a survey by financial services group Deloitte suggests.