Infrastructure champion admits there is no guarantee the project will succeed in regenerating the North.

The number of UK households switching their energy provider increased by 15% to 6.1m in 2015, regulator Ofgem says.

Stocks in Japan opened lower on Monday, held back in part by a stronger yen against the US dollar.

HSBC predicts a "bumpier" road ahead because of slower economic growth in China, as pretax profit rises 1% to $18.9bn (£13.1bn).

The publisher of the Daily Mirror will launch a new UK newspaper called The New day on 29 February.

The pound sees its biggest fall in more than a year against the dollar over uncertainty about a possible UK exit from the EU.

A lawyer representing victims of the San Bernadino killers will file a legal brief telling Apple to cooperate with the FBI in its investigation.

British Fashion house Burberry is to sell clothes seen on its catwalk shows immediately afterwards in its stores and online.