The RBS – under the previous management, led by Sir Fred Goodwin - spent £25bn on tax avoidance schemes. David Leigh explains.
More than 2,000 climate experts from more than 70 countries have attended a conference in Copenhagen to discuss the latest science on global warming. Environment correspondent David Adam says scientists believe politicians are not taking their warnings seriously enough.
In New York, the disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was jailed yesterday after pleading guilty to all 11 charges of fraud, money laundering, false statements and perjury. Wall Street correspondent Andrew Clark reports from outside Manhattan Federal Court.
Lord Laming delivered his report into children's services in England yesterday. Its recommendations were accepted by the government. Andy Sawford, chief executive of the Local Government Information Unit and convenor of the national Children's Services Network, says Whitehall has betrayed social workers.
The Pet Shop Boys are the guests on this week's Music Weekly podcast. Neil Tennant tells Paul MacInnes about the song Legacy - inspired by among other people, Tony Blair.
