Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announces a ballot for the leadership of the Labor party to end a damaging split in the organisation.

Centrica, the owner of British Gas, says profits stayed flat due to the effect of a slump in in demand in the UK.

The European Commission predicts that the eurozone economy will contract by 0.3% in 2012, having previously forecast 0.5% growth.

Singer Charlotte Church has settled her claim against News Group Newspapers over phone hacking, the BBC has learned.

British comedy actor Sacha Baron Cohen is not banned from attending Sunday's Academy Awards, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

A girl who suffered severe brain damage in a car crash caused by a speeding driver is awarded nearly £5m and her family £450,000 a year.

The number of people sleeping rough in England rises by 23% in a year, figures provided by local authorities countrywide show.

President Barack Obama apologises to the Afghan people for the burning of Korans by American troops at a US base outside Kabul.