More than one million protesters join rallies across France and a national strike causes major disruption, amid rising anger over pension reforms. 

Nearly 10,000 jobs are at risk as the property and environmental services giant Connaught faces collapse. 

Animated film Toy Story 3 has become the second highest grossing film in the UK. 

Millions of Londoners are attempting to travel home amid a major Tube strike affecting nearly all its lines. 

An explosion apparently targeting a police barracks in Pakistan's northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday left at least seven people dead, including two children, a Kohat district police official said. 

Nominated artists Paul Weller, Dizzee Rascal and The XX are among the acts arriving in London for this year's prestigious Mercury Music Prize.