Where does your money go? - This short video from Oxfam USA asks a very simple question about what happens to the money we pay for the fuel we put in our cars. Watch it here:

Lollipop lady hit by lorry dies - A lollipop lady dies after being hit by a lorry while working in the east end of Glasgow, police confirm. [Front Page News]

Woman gave heroin to disabled son - A mother describes how she told her brain-damaged son that she loved him before injecting him with a heroin overdose. [Front Page News]

Brown call over justice impasse - It is vital Stormont politicians continue their work on devolving justice powers, Prime Minister Gordon Brown says. [Front Page News]

Chinese international rescue team arrives in Haiti - Chinese international rescue team including 50 rescuers and seven jounalists on a chartered plane arrived here Thursday morning to help Haiti out of the aftermath of Tuesday's magnitude-7.3 earthquake. The plane, which took off from Beijing Wednesday evening, stopped over in Vancouver, Canada, before it arrived in Haiti.

Morocco: Jail sentences for blogger and Internet café owner | Menassat -
A court in Guelmim imposed jail sentences on a blogger and an Internet café owner for circulating information about a heavy-handed crackdown on student protests in the nearby village of Taghjijt (200 km south of Agadir) on 1 December.

'Large street fight' victim named - Strathclyde detectives say the death of a 23-year-old man in Dalmarnock on Christmas Day was suspicious. [Front Page News]

Shoplift sermon priest 'foolish' - Ex-Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey criticises the comments made by a York priest who advised needy people to shoplift. [Front Page News]

Christmas in Somalia for UK captives - Two British hostages being held by pirates in Somalia face a Christmas in captivity with no immediate sign of their release. [World News]

Iran 'to ban' defaced banknotes - Iran says defaced banknotes are to be made invalid, after the appearance of opposition slogans on money, local media report. [Business News]