Profits at John Lewis rise 9.7%
Source BBC on Thursday, March 11, 2010
World - Department store group John Lewis reports a 9.7% rise in annual profits to £306.6m as staff share a bumper bonus.
Flat deaths 'murder and suicide'
Source BBC on Thursday, March 11, 2010
World - Police believe the deaths of a man and a woman found with gunshot wounds in Hertfordshire may have been murder followed by suicide.
Greeks stage fresh general strike
Source BBC on Thursday, March 11, 2010
Business - Public and transport services grind to a halt in Greece as workers stage a third strike in protest at austerity measures.
Japan's economic growth rate cut
Source BBC on Thursday, March 11, 2010
Business - Japan'seconomygrew by less than first estimated in the final quarter of 2009, revised government figures show.
Red Knights get advisers for bid
Source BBC on Thursday, March 11, 2010
Business - The Red Knights group eyeing a possible bid for Manchester United says investment bank Nomura will advise it.
Police 'report card' to go online
Source BBC on Thursday, March 11, 2010
World - Inspections on the four Welsh police forces to be published on a new website finds services are generally "fair" or "good".
Corey Haim was 'tormented soul'
Source BBC on Thursday, March 11, 2010
Entertainment - Lost Boys actor Corey Haim was a "tormented soul", his friend and fellow actor Corey Feldman says.
Say what?
Source BBC on Thursday, March 11, 2010
World - School Report's definitive guide to teenage slang
Four due in court over expenses
Source BBC on Thursday, March 11, 2010
Politics - Three Labour MPs and a Tory peer are due in court later to face charges in relation to their expenses claims.
Taio Cruz scales Billboard chart
Source BBC on Thursday, March 11, 2010
Entertainment - R&B star Taio Cruz sets the record for the biggest jump to the top of US Billboard Hot 100 for an act's first charting single.