A 51-year-old man is charged as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged slavery offences at a travellers' site in Bedfordshire.

Financial services firms are expected to cut jobs in the next three months after recent volatility on the stock markets, a report says.

Manufacturing in the eurozone shrank at its fastest pace in two years last month, a business survey shows.

The UK manufacturing sector returned to growth in September for the first time in three months, a survey suggests.

Researchers say they have discovered why men may be more likely than women to develop type 2 diabetes - it is because they are biologically more susceptible.

A judge rules Basildon Council can remove caravans from 49 out of 54 of plots at the Dale Farm travellers' site once other legal issues are resolved.

Forces of the Libyan transitional government launch what a front-line commander says is their final assault on the pro-Gaddafi stronghold of Sirte.

The brother of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams will be extradited to Northern Ireland to face 18 charges of sexually assaulting his daughter, a Dublin court rules.