Fran Healy defends music downloads Fran Healy has claimed he doesn't care about fans pirating his music because they are still promoting it for him. 7:07pm today
£10bn wiped off bank's shares Royal Bank of Scotland shares plunged nearly 40% to a 15-year low as speculation mounted over an imminent taxpayer-funded rescue of Britain's banks. 6:44pm today
Brown hosts economic crisis talks Gordon Brown is holding talks with the governor of the Bank of England and the chairman of the Financial Services Authority on Tuesday night on the worsening financial crisis. 6:44pm today
Rail strike misery for Scotland Thousands of rail passengers faced travel misery as signal workers staged the first of two strikes this week. 5:58pm today
UK in recession, says business body The UK is already in a recession, with business confidence, profits and turnover now at record lows and unemployment set to rise by up to 350,000 in the next year, according to an "alarming" new report. 4:49pm today
