News from the BBC

Spending cuts 'to hit north harder'

Industrial towns in the north east of England may be least able to cope with deep cuts in public spending, BBC-commissioned research suggests.

Vitamin B 'puts off Alzheimer's'

High doses of B vitamins may slow the rate of brain shrinkage in older people experiencing warning signs of Alzheimer's disease, a study says.

Goldman Sachs fined £20m by FSA

Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs is fined £20m by the UK's financial watchdog, the BBC learns.

Planes in 'near-miss' over London

A business jet and a passenger plane carrying 232 people came close to a mid-air collision over London in July, a report reveals.

MPs to debate phone hacking claim

Parliament is to debate allegations that MPs had their mobile phones hacked into by News of the World journalists.