A major report into undercover policing is postponed following allegations that an officer took part in a criminal trial under an alias.

The Greek parliament gives initial backing to the latest austerity bill as police and protesters clash in Athens.

St Paul's Cathedral could be forced to close by the rise in the number of anti-capitalist protesters in its churchyard.

The British embassy in Kuwait temporarily suspends its services because of a terror threat, the Foreign Office says.

The proportion of teenagers in England getting five good GCSEs including maths and English rose by nearly five percentage points this year.

Dutch engineer Vincent Tabak apologises for putting Jo Yeates's parents through "a week of hell" after strangling their daughter.

Mobile phone giant Nokia says it made a loss in the third quarter as it continued to come under pressure from other phonemakers.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks about the birth of his daughter, describing it as a "profound joy", but a "private" one.