The AA complains that the new vehicle tax system will provide the government with extra revenue, as some cars will, in effect, be taxed twice.

Government measures to reduce the sale of cheap alcohol have been criticised by health researchers.

The first councils to offer help to people wanting to build their own home through the Government's 'Right to Build' scheme are announced.

Norway is the best place to be old, according to an index of the quality of later life in published on the UN's International Day of Older Persons.

Japanese large manufacturers' confidence improved in the three months to September, according to a closely-watched central bank survey.

Asian stocks are headed for their fourth straight day of losses as political protests in Hong Kong show no signs of abating.

The United States and Brazil have come to an agreement designed to end a decade long dispute over cotton subsidies, reports say.

Sainsbury's has reported a fall in sales for the third quarter in a row as the supermarket price wars begin to take their toll.