Jockeys are to meet racing's rulers on Monday in an effort to resolve the whip dispute which nearly led to a strike.

Hundreds of children are being detained at ports and airports by the UK Border Agency, according to documents seen by the BBC.

One of the world's biggest investors says it will vote against the re-election of the Murdoch family to the News Corp board.

Children's minister Sarah Teather is to launch a trial of free parenting classes for those with children under the age of five.

A 100-year-old Briton "soldiers on" to become the world's oldest marathon runner after completing a race in Toronto, Canada.

Immigration policy may be stuck between a "rock and a hard place" with the public most concerned about groups the government can do little about, says an Oxford University report.

Hong Kong becomes the first centre to offer gold trading in yuan, cementing its status as an offshore hub for the currency.

The UK economy has stalled at a dangerous junction with the latest bout of quantitative easing unlikely to work, independent forecaster Ernst and Young warns.