Ryanair is reprimanded for a "denigratory" advertising campaign that falsely implied rival Thomas Cook was likely to go into administration.

The House of Lords backs an amendment to the government's health bill aimed at assuaging Liberal democrat concerns over a growth of competition within the NHS.

Tokyo prosecutors charge Japanese camera-maker Olympus and three former executives in connection with a $1.7bn accounting scandal.

Vulnerable people in care homes may be struggling to get access to GPs and routine medicines in England, a review suggests.

A record number of goldfinches visited gardens in the UK and Ireland in 2011, a survey by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) suggests.

Six soldiers are missing, believed killed, in the single worst enemy attack on UK troops in Afghanistan since operations began 11 years ago.

Sportswear firm Adidas unveils its best-ever annual profits, as hopes rise this year's Olympics will help it break more records.

The UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos is in Syria to try to get aid allowed into devastated cities, as the Red Cross remains blocked from Homs.