The largest bank in the US, JPMorgan Chase, will pay $614m and improve mortgage lending procedures under a new deal.

The drug company GlaxoSmithKline PLC will pay $750m (€542m) to settle allegations that it knowingly manufactured and sold adulterated drugs, federal prosecutors in the US said yesterday.

MARK DUDBRIDGE withstood another superb Wayne Mardle fightback to win an exhilarating Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship semi-final 6-4 at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet last night.

Tony O’Shea has been going about his business quietly at the Lakeside World Championship – but is ready to steal the limelight by ousting title-holder Raymond van Barneveld.

John Walker Lindh, the young convert to Islam who left California to fight alongside the Taliban, has pleaded guilty to two charges in a surprise deal that spares him life in prison and ensures his co-operation with US terrorism investigators.