Outdoor retailer Blacks Leisure has said the recent Arctic weather conditions boosted its turnaround plans as consumers snapped up jackets, scarves and hats.The cold...
Chancellor George Osborne has insisted that the VAT rise from 17.5% to 20% is a "tough but necessary step" towards Britain's economic recovery.He confirmed...
Investors have showed their optimism over prospects for the new year by powering London's FTSE 100 Index more than 100 points higher.The market seized...
A school principal has fatally stabbed a Hindu nationalist politician while he was meeting supporters at his residence in an east Indian state, police...
The Department of Health is to make an extra £162 million available for frontline services after a successful efficiency drive.Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said...
US President Barack Obama has ended his Hawaiian holiday on a sombre note by taking his daughters to visit his grandfather's grave.The president's motorcade...
A bomb in central Kabul has killed a police officer and wounded three other people, an Afghan interior ministry official said.Abdul Saboor, an officer...