Confidence among UK manufacturing firms has fallen to its lowest level since 2009, a survey suggests.

Talks between President Obama and congressional leaders at the White House about the US budget break up after 75 minutes but resume on Monday.

Rupert Murdoch arrives in the UK to take charge of the handling of the phone-hacking crisis as he faces growing pressure to scrap his BSkyB takeover bid.

Martyn Thomas stands down from his position as chairman of the Rugby Football Union.

A new processing centre in Staffordshire will create 900 jobs, according to online retailer Amazon.

Chris Huhne dismisses as "nonsense" a Sunday newspaper report that the UK is facing the highest energy costs in Europe.

Australia unveils plans to slap a tax on carbon emissions for the country's worst polluters, in one of the biggest economic reforms in years.

The pace of growth of imports to China slows down in June as the government's efforts to rein in growth hit domestic demand.

The News of the World is doubling its print run to five million on Sunday as the 168-year-old newspaper publishes its historic final edition.

MPs criticise the Department for Transport for letting National Express "get away scot-free" when terminating its East Coast rail franchise in 2009.