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Rates pressure as factory costs up

The case for higher interest rates has intensified after figures showed factory costs rising at their fastest rate in more than two years.The price...

Sports retailer to close stores

Embattled retailer JJB Sports has announced plans to shut 45 stores and said another 50 were in danger of closure as it moves to...

Big profit expected in bank results

Britain's biggest banks are poised to reveal more eye-watering profits as the banking results season gets under way next week.City analysts have predicted combined...

Retailers lead FTSE into the red

Retailers have led the FTSE 100 Index into the red as investor nerves grew over the twin threat of rising prices and weak demand.High...

Britons' detention 'exaggerated'

The detention of four Britons in Eritrea has been "massively blown out of proportion", a private security firm has said.Foreign Secretary William Hague ordered...

Council of Europe condemns UK MPs

The Council of Europe has hit back at the MPs' rebellion against a ruling to give voting rights to prisoners.The overwhelming Commons vote has...

'Iran missile man' to appeal ruling

A retired businessman has vowed to appeal to Britain's highest court after a judge ruled he could be extradited to America on charges of...

US embassy man branded cold killer

Pakistani police say an American held after shooting dead two men committed "cold-blooded murder".The claims came as a judge ordered the man's detention extended...

£239m Spent on swine flu vaccine

The Government spent £239 million on swine flu vaccine, official figures show.The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ordered the Department of Health to release the...

Forest sales delayed amid review

Sales of 15% of England's publicly-owned forests are to be put on hold while the criteria for selling them off are re-examined, the Government...

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