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Premier slims down with Quorn sale

Premier Foods has sold its meat-free brands Quorn and Cauldron to a private equity consortium for £205 million.Exponent Private Equity and Intermediate Capital Group...

FTSE ahead despite bank weakness

Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds were among the biggest fallers in London amid fresh uncertainty over government plans for the banking sector.Nick Clegg,...

Luckiest lottery places revealed

If you've ever wondered what the secret is to winning the lottery, then try moving to Essex, Kent or the North East. Those regions...

Obesity and drink fuel cancer rate

The UK ranks 11th out of 50 countries for rates of breast cancer, with high levels of obesity and a taste for alcohol are...

Barclays boss 'to reform bonuses'

Barclays' new boss is to overhaul the way bonuses are paid next month by giving senior staff loan notes that are dependent on the...

Japanese PM proposes tax reforms

Japan's prime minister has pushed ahead with plans to reform tax and social security systems, including raising the sales tax, as the country faces...

Six pilgrims killed in Iraq blast

A car bomb has killed six pilgrims in the latest deadly attack on Shiites headed to mark religious rituals in a holy Iraqi city,...

Johnson presses PM over fuel prices

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has called on the Government to "think seriously" about introducing a fuel duty stabiliser in the wake of rocketing...

TV fitness guru Jack LaLanne dies

Jack LaLanne, the fitness guru who inspired US television viewers to trim down and pump iron for decades before exercise became a national obsession,...

Village doctors inspired by Gandhi

In one of the poorest parts of India, husband and wife doctors Abhay and Rani Bang have saved countless children's lives with a simple...

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