The owners of car maker Lotus, which employs 1,200 staff, is in talks with a Chinese firm about a possible sale, an MP reveals in the House of Commons.

A confused driver ends up trapping his car on the steps of a metro station in Paris, after mistaking it for the entrance to an underground car park.

Two more US Secret Service agents resign in the wake of the Colombia sex scandal, bringing the number to have left the agency to eight.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney aims for a clean sweep in five US primaries, which could force dogged rival Newt Gingrich from the race.

Bowel cancer patients who take aspirin daily could cut their chance of dying from the disease by about a third, experts believe.

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney vows to take the White House from President Barack Obama as he racks up a series of primary wins.

US tycoon Donald Trump will tell a parliamentary inquiry that the Scottish government's policy of promoting wind farms is a mistake.

Education Secretary Michael Gove tells MPs there are "causes for concern" about children being X-rayed by the UK Border Agency to establish their age.