Marverine Cole

A horrific fuel tanker explosion in Saudi Arabia has killed at least 22 people and injured 111.

Nov 01, 2012

A post-mortem examination on a London grandmother - who was mauled to death by five dogs - should today ascertain exactly what caused her death. Paramedics pronounced Gloria Knowles dead in the back garden of her daughter's home last night.

Nov 01, 2012

At least four people were been injured in a shooting that happened last night at a Halloween party on the campus of University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Police have now caught one person who's believed to be the shooter.

Nov 01, 2012

The estate of Jimmy Savile - reportedly worth around £4.3 million - has been frozen by NatWest Bank – in response to the myriad of sexual abuse allegations that have been made against the late TV presenter.

Nov 01, 2012

Actions speak louder than words. President Obama comforting a woman whose business was destroyed by the sheer force of Hurricane Sandy which swept through New Jersey

Nov 01, 2012

As pressure builds outside the Greek Parliament, with hundreds of people protesting over the harsh austerity measures imposed upon them, you only have to look inside to see what they are unhappy about.

Oct 31, 2012

Prime Minister David Cameron is sure to face a showdown in the Commons over the EU budget, as the Labour Party has just announced that they will back Tory rebels.

Oct 31, 2012

The parents of the 12-year-old British boy, who disappeared whilst out cycling during a storm on holiday in France, have admitted they will now have to wait for his body to turn up. An active search has been called off.

Oct 31, 2012

Its questionable practices, including the scandal over fixing the interbank lending rate, the LIBOR rate and the mis-selling payment protection insurance have all led to pretty uncomfortable losses for Barclays Bank this last quarter.

Oct 31, 2012

With Hurricane Sandy now claiming the lives of more than 40 people in America and Canada and millions of people without power, the cost is being counted.

Oct 31, 2012

South African police have yet again fired on miners working for the world's largest platinum producer who are protesting over jobs and pay, but this time they used rubber bullets.

Oct 30, 2012

Barclays Bank is the first in the UK to be taken to court over manipulating the LIBOR rate (the interbank lending rate) and the miss-selling of derivatives.

Oct 30, 2012

All forms of protest have been banned in Bahrain. The government has imposed the emergency rules in light of the escalating violence. Rulers in the Gulf Kingdom are also threatening legal action against any group that backs demonstrations or clashes.

Oct 30, 2012

There's both good news and very bad news today on the jobs front as two big employers in the UK announce plans to lose people and hire people.

Oct 30, 2012

There's been a tentative agreement for a ceasefire in Syria, the first of its kind brokered by United Nations Peace Envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi since he took over from his predecessor Kofi Annan.

Oct 24, 2012

t's been a dramatic day for the French banking industry with the news that the man who's just been handed a five year jail term for one of the biggest trading frauds in history might well appeal against his sentence.

Oct 24, 2012

The digital age is creeping up on the Home Retail Group which owns the Argos business. Because they've announced a major revamp of its business to ensure that online retailers like Amazon, and others of its ilk, don't get anywhere near their profits.

Oct 24, 2012

More people are dying as the cross border violence between Israel and Gaza intensifies by the day. Four people are now reported to have been killed in two airstrikes, which Israel carried out on the country in as many days.

Oct 24, 2012

The Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was all smiles as he arrived for bailout talks at Parliament but the day ended badly

Oct 24, 2012

The producers of caffeine energy drink, Monster, are going to be investigated in America. It comes as a mother in Maryland is suing the firm over her teenage daughter's death.

Oct 23, 2012

The government's decided to postpone a proposed cull of badgers in Gloucestershire and west Somerset.

Oct 23, 2012

Police in Taiwan say a resident of the nursing home which was engulfed by fire this morning where 12 elderly people died.

Oct 23, 2012

Rumours that it wasn't just journalists at the News of The World who'd been eavesdropping on people's private voicemail messages to make a splash in its paper are going to be challenged at the highest level of Britain's courts.

Oct 23, 2012

Polls show that President Barack Obama came out on top last night in what was the final debate between him and the man who wants to take over leading America, Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

Oct 23, 2012

Procedural mistakes are costing Barclays dearly, because not only did they have to cough up £290m in fines for their part in rigging the interbank lending rate.

Oct 18, 2012

Star of the controversial Emmanuelle series of soft porn films, Sylvia Kristel, has died.

Oct 18, 2012

The fourth EU Summit this year gets underway for two days later on this afternoon and the idea proposed back in June - of creating a single banking supervisor under the European Central Bank by the end of the year - will be top of the agenda.

Oct 18, 2012

There are yet more child sex abuse accusations for the BBC to deal with as the size and scope of the detailed investigation into the actions of popular presenter Jimmy Savile grows by the day.

Oct 18, 2012

The man accused of trying to blow up America's Federal Reserve has appeared in court charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to provide material support to al-Qaida.

Oct 18, 2012