The government's welfare changes for disabled people are delayed after ministers say reassessing claimants for the new system is taking longer than planned.

Firefighters in England and Wales are to strike on 1 and 4 November in a row over pensions, the Fire Brigades Union says.

McDonald's, the world's biggest fast-food chain, says it is to stop serving Heinz ketchup in its stores after 40 years.

Treasury minister Danny Alexander has said he is "very confident" the HS2 high-speed rail project will be delivered within its £42.6bn budget.

The Grangemouth industrial plant will fully reopen within two or three weeks, the site manager says, a day after its owners reversed a decision to close the plant.