Veteran actress Barbara Windsor becomes a dame and champion jockey AP McCoy a knight in the New Year Honours.

A "technical issue" made the BBC's websites intermittently unavailable early on Thursday morning.

The retailer Sports Direct has announced that it will pay its staff more than the minimum wage, following criticism of its employment practices.

Airport shops could be forced to give VAT discounts to passengers travelling outside the European Union, following the launch of a government inquiry.

Shares of weight loss company Weight Watchers jump nearly 19% after a television ad featuring Oprah Winfrey was shown in the US.

Police in Chicago are to get Tasers and training on how to defuse tensions following a spate of fatal shootings of African-Americans.

The knighthood awarded to an adviser who helped the Conservatives win May's election is "outrageous", shadow home secretary Andy Burnham says.

An Air Canada flight from Shanghai to Toronto is diverted to Calgary after turbulence injured 21 passengers including three children, officials say.