27 October 2011 Last updated at 08:36 ET Convicted child killer Robert Black has been found guilty of murdering Jennifer Cardy in Ballinderry, County Antrim, 30 years ago. The nine-year-old was abducted from the roadside near her home on 12 August 1981. It emerged during the trial that the 64-year-old was a predatory paedophile...
26 October 2011 Last updated at 16:55 ET EU leaders are holding an emergency summit in Brussels aimed at tackling the eurozone debt crisis. After a first round of talks, the leaders said a deal had been reached on recapitalising banks exposed to debt-ridden countries that might default. Talks are continuing on a full...
26 October 2011 Last updated at 12:07 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Toxicology tests following the singer’s death showed no illegal substances Amy Winehouse’s death was the result of the singer drinking too much alcohol, a coroner has said. A verdict of misadventure was recorded into the 27-year-old’s death...
25 October 2011 Last updated at 13:56 ET There has been another hiccup in the eurozone’s plans to announce a final rescue deal in Brussels to try to end the turmoil in the euro area. The Polish presidency of the EU has confirmed to the BBC that key meetings have been postponed. The EU’s...
25 October 2011 Last updated at 10:45 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. PM David Cameron: ‘There is no bad blood and no bitterness’ David Cameron has said he has “no bad blood” towards Conservatives who defied orders to oppose a call for a referendum on the UK’s EU membership....
24 October 2011 Last updated at 16:38 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Voting is under way over calls for an EU referendum: From Democracy Live David Cameron has issued a final appeal to his MPs not to rebel in a vote on a referendum on the UK’s membership of...
24 October 2011 Last updated at 11:39 ET The bodies of 53 Gaddafi loyalists have been found at a hotel in the Libyan city of Sirte after apparently being executed, a human rights group says. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the victims – some of whom had their hands bound – died about a...
23 October 2011 Last updated at 16:49 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. NTC leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil: “I pray for the souls of the martyrs who were waiting for this day” Libya’s transitional government has declared national liberation before a jubilant crowd in Benghazi, where the revolt against Muammar...
23 October 2011 Last updated at 13:48 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. UK Prime Minister David Cameron and President of the European Parliament Jerzey Buzek arrive in Brussels to discuss the eurozone’s debt crisis Europe’s leaders have agreed to change the EU treaty if necessary to help resolve the...
22 October 2011 Last updated at 15:33 ET Chancellor George Osborne has declared “real progress” after a meeting of EU finance minister in Brussels on the eurozone debt crisis. A provisional deal will see banks raise more than a 100bn euros ($140bn; £87bn) in new capital to shield them against possible losses to indebted...
