Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive, Stephen Hester, tells the BBC he briefly considered resigning during the uproar over his bonus.

A new squad of 1,000 officers dedicated to tackling gang-related crime in London is being launched by the Metropolitan Police.

Temperatures in England plummeted overnight but failed to match the coldest night of the winter so far.

Argentina will make a formal complaint to the UN about British "militarisation" around the disputed Falkland Islands, says President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

George Osborne promises to fight an "anti-business culture", warning that the row over bonuses and pay threatens to undermine jobs and prosperity.