Treasury slated over Rock lending
The Treasury is criticised for allowing Northern Rock to lend £800m in risky mortgages after it was rescued.

Tough questions for management
The government's patience with Northern Rock seems to be running out, despite its chairman's call for cool heads.

Northern Rock makes £1.4bn loss
Nationalised bank Northern Rock made a loss of £1.4bn in 2008 following hefty write-offs on mortgage loans.

Brown defends competence
Gordon Brown defends his actions on Northern Rock and denies losing his reputation for economic competence.

Northern Rock gets bank bail out
The Bank of England agrees to give emergency financial support to mortgage lender Northern Rock.

Rush on Northern Rock continues
Customers have been queuing outside Northern Rock branches amid fears over an emergency loan to the bank.

'Savers return' to Northern Rock
Shares in Northern Rock rise and bank says customers are returning after a government guarantee to savers.

Bank run: Northern Crock
Northern Rock is Britain's eighth largest High Street bank, but now it is struggling for its very survival.

Government pulls lending levers
A key feature of a plan to stimulate lending by our banks is direct intervention in the mortgage market.

Nationalised Rock - What next?
We answer some of the key questions surrounding the nationalisation of troubled Northern Rock.

Q&A: Northern Rock and Granite
The opposition has attacked the government over its handling of the body that owns many or Northern Rock's loans. But what is Granite?

Bank is a North East institution
To the north east of England Northern Rock is more than just a bank undergoing financial troubles.

Darling called 'dead man walking'
The Conservatives say Alistair Darling is "politically a dead man walking", but he accuses them of "cynical opportunism".

King denies criticising Treasury
Bank of England governor Mervyn King says he did not criticise the Treasury for its Northern Rock actions.

Rock risks 'were not foreseeable'
Top Northern Rock executives deny doing anything wrong in the run-up to the bank's recent near-collapse.

Bank defends Northern Rock role
The heads of the Bank of England and the FSA justify their actions in the Northern Rock crisis.