The OFT refers the UK's big accountancy firms to the Competition Commission to examine if they have stranglehold on the audit market.

Libya's authorities are urged to be transparent in determining the cause of ex-leader Col Muammar Gaddafi's death after he was captured alive.

New York City officials say they could shut a bus service running through an Orthodox Jewish area that has been accused of asking women to sit at the back.

A vaccine which triggers the immune system to attack on of the most common types of lung cancer has shown promise in early clinical trials, say researchers.

Headteachers and deputes at primary schools across Scotland are being balloted on industrial action in response to changes to their pension.

Pakistan wins a UN Security Council seat alongside regional rival India, as a total of six new temporary members are elected.

SNP leader Alex Salmond will issue an independence rallying call, as he addresses his party's first conference since its landslide election win.

Disabled people are due to take part in protests planned in cities across the UK against government spending cuts.