Director Michael Apted says it was a "horrible error" not to choose more female subjects when making the original selection for the 7 Up documentary.

More than 100 ex-employees of Dresdner Kleinwort bank win their fight to claim unpaid bonuses from current owner Commerzbank.

Greece's far-left leader abandons efforts to form a government based on rejecting the EU bailout deal, after talks with mainstream parties fail.

Barack Obama becomes the first US president to back gay marriage, speaking out on the politically charged issue in a TV interview.

British-born celebrity hair stylist Vidal Sassoon - who revolutionised haircuts in the 1960s - has died at his home in Los Angeles, aged 84, police say.

Troubled Spanish lender Bankia is to be partly nationalised, the central bank confirms.