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Amid the row over RBS chief executive Stephen Hester’s bonus, Channel 4 News looks at what has happened to the bank since he took over.

With retail sales rising in the run-up to Christmas, Channel 4 News looks at the high street victims of the economic downturn.

On the eve of a major new show David Hockney tells Channel 4 News about his latest love affair with Yorkshire and, after that spat with Damien Hirst, why painting comes from the “hand and the heart”.

In the wake of the Costa Concordia disaster, the union for maritime professionals tells Channel 4 News some safety features of cruise ships have hardly moved on since the Titanic sank 100 years ago.

The CEO of Costa Cruises admits that he cannot deny “human error” in relation to the sinking of the Costa Concordia, as hopes fade of finding more survivors amid the wreckage.

A “chronic lack of specialist teachers” is causing school pupils to reject computer studies, says the Royal Society. Channel 4 News examines how British teenagers can be switched back on.

Police hope a trial scheme, dubbed Operation Tornado, will stop the easy movement of stolen scrap metal, as soaring metal prices drive illicit trade. Alex Thomson reports from a Kent scrapyard.

The trial hinged on Lawrence’s DNA and clothing fibres found on the defendants’ clothing. See the scenarios presented by the defence and the how forensic analysts ruled them out.

Have David Cameron’s actions in Europe isolated the UK politically? One German MEP tells Channel 4 News: “They’ve asked too much and got nothing.”

As Ireland negotiates its way out of recession, Channel 4 News hears that the fourth austerity budget in four years will take its toll on an already fragile country.

Germany’s leader Angela Merkel wants a new treaty and a “fiscal union” to save the eurozone from collapse, but new rules in Europe could see David Cameron face a backbench revolt.

Britain’s economic prospects take a hammering as Chancellor George Osborne’s autumn statement reveals that growth will be lower than expected and borrowing far higher.

As David Cameron prepares to meet Chancellor Merkel in Berlin on Friday, tensions between countries within the EU have rarely been higher – and UK-German relations are no exception.

Mexico’s security forces are committing grave human rights abuses in their desperate fight against drug cartels, a new report alleges. Channel 4 News looks into the country’s “war on drugs”.

UK unemployment soars to its highest level for 17 years with 16 to 24-year-olds the hardest hit. Economics Editor Faisal Islam meets some of the young jobless fighting to get onto the career ladder.