BP's internal investigation into the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico finds that "a series of failures" was to blame

David Cameron's father Ian dies in hospital in France shortly after the Prime Minister joined other members of his family at his bedside.

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

A small US church says it will defy international condemnation and go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Koran on the 9/11 anniversary.

John Higgins is cleared of match-fixing allegations but admits bringing snooker into disrepute.