The cost of borrowing in Australia stays at 4.5% and Japan at near zero amid continuing global economic uncertainty.

Services on the London Underground are severely disrupted on the first morning of a series of 24-hour strikes.

A priest in Londonderry who challenged dissident republicans over their violence is to meet families who claim they are being harassed by the PSNI.

A £90m bypass, first suggested in the 1980s, is being opened two months ahead of schedule.

A remembrance service is to be held later to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the Blitz.

The growing number of councils across the UK switching off street lights prompts criticism from MPs and road safety groups.

Plans to change the way MPs are elected to Parliament survive their first Commons hurdle - despite criticism from Tory MPs.

DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds criticises plans to reduce the number of Northern Ireland MPs.

Julia Gillard is to remain as Australia's prime minister after winning the backing of two key independent MPs.

The Welsh NHS faces making £380m worth of cutbacks by April, with managers saying it is the biggest challenge they have faced in 20 years.