Hundreds of miners working at a deep coal pit in South Yorkshire are given a 90-day notice of redundancy.

Surveyors expect sales of homes in the UK to pick up in the next three months owing to support for mortgage lending.

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC reports a 79% drop in profit as it continues to lose ground to rivals Samsung and Apple.

Security levels are raised in the Greek capital ahead a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, her first since the eurozone crisis erupted.

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond will discuss the proposed merger between BAE and EADS with his French and German counterparts at a Nato meeting in Brussels later.

Two of US's top policymakers are visiting India in a bid to boost economic ties between the the two countries.

Barclays Bank agrees to buy ING Direct UK, taking on its £10.9bn deposits and £5.6bn mortgage book.

All bidders for the West Coast rail franchise were offering too little protection for taxpayers against potential losses, the BBC learns.