News from the BBC

Shares gain as confidence returns

Stocks markets in Asia and Europe power ahead, as investors welcome government action to shore up banks.

42 days still needed, says Smith

Jacqui Smith says the power to hold terror suspects for up to 42 days is still needed to cope with a "potential catastrophe".

Four jailed for Cambodia murders

Four ex-members of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge are jailed for their part in the murder of a British mine-clearer and his interpreter.

Hospitals 'allowing top up care'

The BBC has learned that top up payments - supposedly banned on the NHS - are happening at 30 hospitals across the UK.

House sales hit 30-year low

The slump in the property market is worsening, the latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says.