News from the BBC

BA crew to strike as talks fail

A strike by British Airways cabin crew will go ahead after talks between the airline and the Unite union collapsed.

Dog attack killer jailed for life

A murderer from south London who used his dog as a weapon on a 16-year-old boy before stabbing him is jailed for life.

Lloyds predicts a profitable 2010

Lloyds Banking Group - which is 41% owned by the taxpayer - expects to make a profit this year after heavy losses in 2009.

UKIP in Eurosceptics poll pledge

The UK Independence Party will not stand against hardline Eurosceptic rivals in other parties at the general election, its leader has said.

Mother not told of rapist's past

Agencies failed to tell a mother that a man living in her house, who later went on to rape her daughter, was a sex offender.