A new body to try to get the long-term sick back to work more quickly in England, Wales and Scotland is being set up by the government.

Dyson, the engineering company best known for its bagless vacuum cleaners, is to invest £5m in a robotics lab at Imperial College, London.

Personal and financial details of thousands of Barclays Bank customers have been stolen and sold to "rogue City traders", a newspaper claims.

The economy is the issue that matters most to voters taking part in the independence referendum, a poll carried out for the BBC suggests.