Councillors in North Yorkshire will today consider whether to approve fracking in England for the first time since a ban on the technique was lifted in 2012.

US retail company Gap says it's closing all of its Old Navy stores in Japan to save costs in response to dismal earnings.

Chinese shares are lower on Friday, following weak trading on Wall Street and in Europe.

US car-hailing company Uber joins the race for driverless car technology, confirming it is testing a vehicle on the streets of Pittsburgh.

Bookmakers Ladbrokes and Gala Coral may have to shed hundreds of stores if their proposed merger is to go ahead, the Competition and Markets Authority says.

Eurostar reports a fall in passengers using the high-speed rail service, saying travellers remain cautious in the wake of the Brussels terror attacks.

The FTSE 100 opens up more than 1%, recovering some of the ground lost on Thursday.

Brazil's interim President, Michel Temer, names former energy minister Pedro Parente as the new boss of scandal-hit state-run oil firm Petrobras.