President Obama says he will put plans for a military strike on Syria on hold if the country places its chemical weapons under international control.

Researchers looking at how watching TV can lead to accent changes finds Cockney slipping into the dialect of Glaswegian fans of Eastenders.

Ed Miliband will urge unions to have "the courage to change", as he attempts to persuade them to back an overhaul of the way Labour is funded.

Trade unions vote for co-ordinated strike action and disruption as part of their campaign against cuts to jobs, pay and conditions.

The number of homes for sale across the UK picked up in August, surveyors say, but still did not match demand.

Jaguar Land Rover is to create 1,700 jobs at its plant in Solihull as part of a £1.5bn investment in expanding its product range.

Britain's shop vacancy rate remains stuck around 14% according to the latest report from the Local Data Company.

Baby foods in the UK fail to meet infants' dietary weaning needs because they are mostly sweet foods providing little extra nutritional goodness over breast milk, researchers claim.