F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton says he intends to stay at McLaren for the rest of his career.

Reaction in quotes to the decision to give the go-ahead for a £1bn golf resort in Aberdeenshire.

Professional football has a healthy future in the US, says the league's deputy commissioner Ivan Gazidis.

The UK's 10 most endangered Victorian and Edwardian buildings have been picked by heritage campaigners and members of the public, among them Moseley Road Baths in Birmingham.

French energy giant EDF, which has agreed to buy British Energy, states its commitment to maintaining offices in Scotland.

The chancellor raises concern for Scottish jobs after Lloyds TSB unveiled details of its takeover of HBOS.

An advanced rescue submarine, commissioned by the Chinese navy, is tested in the Highlands.

Opposition groups blocking work at a Tata Motors plant suspend their protests after the government agrees to return land.

The factory in eastern India where the world's cheapest car, the Nano, is being built was closed on Friday.

Tata Motors threatens to pull out of West Bengal state where it is building a factory to roll out the world's cheapest car, Nano.

What is happening around Scotland as a result of the council workers' strike.

Despite Ryanair's pledge to cut ticket prices, are we nearing the end of the cheap flight?

Ryanair warns it could make an annual loss of up to 60m euros if oil prices stay high - though says it will still cut fares.

What effect has the credit crunch had on mortgages, savings, loans, current accounts and credit cards?

The BBC's Soutik Biswas talks to novelist Amitav Ghosh on the colonial opium trade out of India.

NHS workers in the Unite union become the latest to reject the government's three-year pay deal.

The number of new mortgages being approved for house purchase hit a new low in April, figures show.

Police find a cannabis production factory at a house in Portstewart

Emergency services' unions say a shortage of double-crewed ambulances is delaying movement of 999 patients.

Larry J Sabato, professor of politics at the University of Virginia, takes a close look at Hillary Clinton's arguments that she deserves the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.