A topic of debate at this week's Conservative Party conference will be the UK's relationship with Brussels ahead of a referendum due in 2017.

Many shoppers in England will have to pay 5p for plastic carrier bags from Monday, as the new charge becomes law for supermarkets and large shops.

Ambulances were sent to the site of the warehouse of one of Europe's largest sports retailers almost 80 times in two years, a BBC investigation finds.

The World Bank cuts growth forecast for the Asia Pacific region, because of the risks posed from a sharp slowdown in China and raising US interest rates.

Chancellor George Osborne says Labour's Lord Adonis is to lead a new planning body - and outlines the sale to the public of £2bn in Lloyds shares.

Troubled clothes retailer American Apparel has filed for US bankruptcy protection.

Shares in Asia take their lead from Wall Street's performance on Friday where shares closed higher after the release of weak US job numbers.

Plans to sell shares worth at least £2bn in Lloyds Banking Group to private investors have been announced by the government.