A post-mortem examination has found Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky's death to be "consistent with hanging", police say.

Private companies have been invited to bid for the East Coast rail franchise, which has been run in the public sector since 2009.

The owner of B&Q, Kingfisher, reports a fall in profits after what it describes as "a tough year" of weak consumer confidence and wet weather.

Amanda Knox and ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito must face a retrial over the 2007 killing of her UK flatmate Meredith Kercher, an Italian court rules.

The government promises funding to help UK businesses "compete" more effectively in the global nuclear energy market.

The government is to plant 250,00 ash trees in an attempt to find strains that are resistant to the chalara fungus - the key to winning the long-term battle against ash dieback.

Motorists under the age of 24 could face a curfew in an effort to prevent accidents and reduce "sky-high" insurance premiums, ministers say.

A former BBC producer who will not face charges over claims of indecent assault says the police's Operation Yewtree inquiry "has gone too far".