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Berlusconi makes plea ahead of vote

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has pleaded with MPs for his political life on the eve of crucial confidence votes.He urged them to support him,...

China restraint pushes FTSE higher

Relief that China refrained from raising interest rates has pushed the FTSE 100 Index to its highest level for a month as miners surged...

Wood Group set to buy rival PSN

Two Aberdeen-based oil services firms are to join forces in a deal creating a business with 22,000 staff and revenues of around £2 billion...

De Niro backs stoning case woman

Celebrities including Robert Redford, Robert De Niro, and Sting have called on Iran to release a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.In...

New Narnia film tops US box office

The latest Narnia film has sailed to the top of the US box office, beating Angelina Jolie's film The Tourist.The Voyage Of The Dawn...

Paltrow unsure about Avengers role

Gwyneth Paltrow reckons her character Pepper Potts will not make an appearance in Joss Whedon's forthcoming film of The Avengers.The Oscar-winning actress, who portrays...

Man held after child hostages freed

Police have detained a 17-year-old who took a class full of pre-schoolers hostage and all the children have been released safely, a city official...

£20m push to get the mail through

Royal Mail is spending £20 million on extra measures to handle the severe weather as it deals with the busiest posting day of the...

Weir to admit breaking UN sanctions

Engineering group Weir is to plead guilty to breaking United Nations sanctions after it admitted giving kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's regime.Glasgow-based Weir, which makes...

Figures show rise in input prices

Manufacturers faced mounting cost pressures last month after figures showed a higher-than-expected leap in input prices.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said input costs...

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