The western black rhino in Africa has been declared extinct by the latest assessment of threatened species.

The New Zealand government files 25 criminal charges of health and safety violations over last year's Pike River mining disaster.

European aerospace giant EADS reports a fall in third quarter operating profits and says its new A350 jet will be delayed.

More than 1,000 new members of staff are to be recruited at Jaguar Land Rover's manufacturing plant in Solihull.

NHS officials are to meet to discuss the possible night-time closure of Stafford Hospital's accident and emergency unit.

Five Democratic Unionist MPs from Northern Ireland have signed a motion calling for a full debate in the Commons on the reintroduction of capital punishment.

Two circus owners are charged with causing unnecessary suffering to an elephant.

London 2012 organisers apologise for airbrushing HMS Belfast from an official poster depicting the capital's skyline.