Rebekah Brooks denies covering up the extent of phone hacking at the News of the World when she became News International chief executive.

The third day of the trial of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius - accused of killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp - is to begin in Pretoria.

A museum in Amsterdam acquires two artworks by Steve McQueen, the Turner Prize-winning artist turned film-maker whose 12 Years a Slave was named best picture at this year's Academy Awards.

Bookmaker Paddy Power is ordered to remove its Oscar Pistorius advert as is becomes the most complained-about UK campaign of all time.

If Scotland were to vote for independence, both Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds may be forced to move their registered offices or legal homes to London under EU law.

The Unite union is to cut its affiliation to the Labour Party by £1.5m, its executive decides.

Gary Barlow and Gary Lineker lead a team of football and pop stars to record the video for the official England 2014 World Cup song.

After five years of record low base rates, you might think borrowers benefited and savers lost out - but it is not that straightforward, as Dominic Laurie reports.