Shadow health minister Diane Abbott has resigned from a cross-party group on counselling given to pregnant women by abortion providers.

Facebook has "an 800 million-strong Neighbourhood Watch system" to protect against people carrying out malicious acts, the Leveson Inquiry hears.

Iran is ready for talks with the West but tougher sanctions will not force it to give into demands over its nuclear programme, its president says.

The anti-monarchy group Republic warns schools they may break the law if they take part in a cooking competition to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

A parking enforcement firm operated a "clandestine quota system" to issue tickets in a "predatory and dishonest" way to motorists, a judge finds.

The Ministry of Defence will cut a further 3,000 civilian posts on top of those already announced, the BBC learns.

Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester is to receive a bonus of almost £1m for his work at the bank, which is 82% owned by the taxpayer.

Preventing a "lost generation" of workers unable to get jobs is one of the world economy's biggest problems, according to delegates at Davos.