The tale of a man's adventures on his way home from the pub is voted Scotland's favourite Robert Burns poem.

Church of England bishops and Liberal Democrat peers will join to try to win concessions when the House of Lords votes on a benefits cap later.

Blackberry-maker Research In Motion says co-chief executives Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have stepped down in a shake-up.

The death of a 60-year-old woman at Stepping Hill Hospital is being investigated by police.

Eurozone finance ministers will meet later, with the Greek debt crisis likely to dominate proceedings.

India condemns an "objectionable" comment by US comedian Jay Leno on the holiest Sikh shrine, the Golden Temple of Amritsar.

The state of the UK mortgage market in the coming year is "difficult to call", according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

Sri Lanka has ordered 161 foreign Muslim preachers to leave the country for violating visa regulations, reports say.