Boris Johnson on Newsnight has accused the government of trying to kick a decision about a new airport into "the long grass" until after the next election.

Fewer than a third of the UK's most influential jobs are held by women, figures compiled by the BBC News website show.

Ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair tells the Leveson Inquiry his friendship with Rupert Murdoch was "a working relationship" until he left office.

China will allow direct trading of the yuan and the Japanese yen next month, in a move aimed at promoting trade between Asia's two biggest economies.

UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan is due to hold talks with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad amid widespread condemnation of the Houla massacre.

Government U-turns on VAT rises to Cornish pasties and static caravans are an "utter shambles", Labour says.

Spanish retail sales fell by 9.8% in April compared with the same month in 2011, the biggest fall since records began.

Greggs, the UK's largest bakery chain, enjoys a 6% share price boost after the government revises its "pasty tax" proposal.