An eight-year-old boy falls into the River Wear in County Durham, prompting a major search operation.

Two of the UK's biggest banks admit that some customers have been denied their legal right to cancel recurring payments, reports Radio 4's Money Box.

Army bomb disposal experts make safe a 'viable explosive device' which had been left in a vehicle near Newry, Northern Ireland.

A new music award is presented in Liverpool to highlight the city's thriving music scene and prove there is more to Liverpool than The Beatles.

Spanish unemployment hits a new record high of 5.64 million, official figures show, hours after the country's debt rating was downgraded.

More than 100 officers search for double-murder suspect James Allen, who the police have warned the public not to approach.

A trial using electricity to shrink the hearts of patients who are suffering from heart failure is about to start in Liverpool.

Jeremy Hunt has said he will hand over emails about the BSkyB takeover bid to the Leveson Inquiry as Labour accuses David Cameron of a "cover-up".