UK manufacturers have reported a buoyant start to the year, according to the industry body, the EEF.

Disney is to make its first UK live action production - with a series filmed at a Cheshire country house to be shown on the US Disney Channel.

A cross-party group of MPs criticises the government for including a valuable database of postcodes in last year's flotation of the Royal Mail.

HS2 chairman Sir David Higgins calls on the government to "accelerate" the northern section of the £50bn high-speed rail project.

Asian shares 'entirely brush off' worries about the referendum in Crimea, but analysts warn of capital flights back into Russia in anticipation of sanctions

Vodafone agrees to buy Spanish cable operator Ono for 7.2bn euros ($10bn; £6bn), in a deal aimed at expanding its interests in Europe.

Australia is set to investigate its laws governing foreign investment of homes following a report saying a generation of Australians are being priced out of the market.

Toyota, the world's largest car maker, halts production at its two factories in India amid a labour dispute regarding wages.