The chairman of an official inquiry into the Iraq war has used his opening remarks to rebuff claims it will be a whitewash and insisted it will be a "fair and frank" investigation.
Emergency loans totalling a massive £61.6bn were handed to the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBD) and HBOS at the height of the financial crisis, the Bank of England has revealed.
Counter-terrorism officers have been criticised for mounting a series of raids across northwest England without seeking proper advice from prosecutors.
Human remains discovered in Lebanon have been identified as those of Alec Collett, a British UN worker taken hostage 24 years ago during the civil war.