Redundancies are set to rise sharply in the next few months as public sector cuts bite, a survey by an industry body suggests.

A police bodyguard who confessed to the killing of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer is charged with murder in a Pakistani court.

Labour leader Ed Miliband reveals that Angels by Robbie Williams is the song that lights his romantic fire.

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China overtakes Japan as the world's second-biggest economy, with analysts predicting it will keep moving towards the top spot.

The RAF is to cut back on a quarter of its trainee pilots as a result of defence cuts, a newspaper has reported.

The number of people being admitted to hospital in the UK for alcohol abuse could rise to 1.5 million a year by 2015, according to Alcohol Concern.

A 64-year-old South African man is due in court in Johannesburg accused of threatening to unleash a biological agent in the UK.