Asian shares follow US and European markets higher as a rise in the price of oil boosts investor sentiment.

Britain's first new nuclear power plant in decades could be delayed amid reports an EDF board meeting to decide whether to invest in Hinkley Point Power Station has been postponed.

RBS announces a "clean-up" plan, set to hit profit by £2.5bn, which will push the bank into a loss for 2015.

Toyota remains the world's top-selling carmaker for the fourth straight year.

Nationwide reports a 0.3% rise in house prices in January, and warns that a lag in construction activity will raise house prices further.

Falling shares in RBS and mining companies push the FTSE 100 into early losses.

Each year, an estimated 7,000 newly-bereaved partners receive nothing in bereavement benefits when their partner dies, as they are not married.

European MPs add to calls for Chancellor George Osborne to explain what they call the "very bad deal" that UK tax authorities have struck with Google over back tax.