News from the BBC

Banks face pressure on rate cut

MPs pressure banks to pass on 1% cut in interest rates to customers as HBOS offers only 0.25%.

MP calls for Shannon case review

Dewsbury MP Shahid Malik calls for a review of the contacts social services had with Shannon Matthews before her kidnap.

Boy George guilty of imprisonment

Singer Boy George is found guilty of falsely imprisoning a male escort by chaining him to a bed at his flat.

Collider 'needs warning system'

An official report into the accident at the Large Hadron Collider urges the installation of an early warning system.

Paris thieves steal £70m jewels

Thieves - some dressed as women - steal 80m euros ($102m) of jewellery from one of Paris' most exclusive shops.