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First Minister Alex Salmond is accused of trying to "cover-up" a meeting he had with Rupert Murdoch in New York.

A teenager has been injured in a paramilitary-style shooting in Londonderry.

US taxpayers are unlikely to see a return on the $700bn Tarp rescue fund for financial sector, according to a report.

The Pensions Regulator is to relax the rules governing 300 company pensions to help deal with funding shortfalls.

Why the Football League is tightening its belt

Police officers are dealing with a security alert on the Fathom Line in Newry, close to the Irish border.

UK Business Secretary Vince Cable says all UK exports to Argentine armed forces are being halted amid tension over the Falkland Islands.

Campaigners and human rights groups welcome a UN-backed special court's guilty verdict against the former Liberian leader Charles Taylor.

Ratings agency Standard & Poor's cuts Spain's credit rating because of the risks it could take on more debt to support its banks.

Syria is "in contravention" of an internationally agreed peace plan, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warns, amid reports of continuing fighting.

Terry Spinks, who won boxing gold at the 1956 Olympics at the age of only 18, dies aged 74.

Samsung, which makes the Galaxy smartphone, says its next flagship handset will use a new quad-core processor.

Mark Williams defeats Liu Chuang in the first round of the World Championship to set up a clash with Ronnie O'Sullivan.

The three widows and children of Osama Bin Laden are deported to Saudi Arabia following a year in Pakistani custody since the al-Qaeda leader was killed.

The Premier League cancels handshakes at the Chelsea-QPR game because of the legal case involving John Terry and Anton Ferdinand.

40,000 people gathered in response to Anders Breivik's claims that the children's song "My Rainbow Race" is Marxist brainwashing.

Extremely strong winds caused planes to sway as they attempted to land in Spain on Wednesday.

The parents of a six-year-old girl from Wrexham who was left severely brain damaged due to medical negligence win their claim against a health board.

A rubber chicken launched into space, the wrong place to park in Paris and rodeo exam revision. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.

Tanker drivers involved in a dispute with fuel distribution companies are urged to reject proposals aimed at resolving their differences.