International Business Times

Two new studies have identified the sections in the U.K. which are most vulnerable to climate change.One of the surveys, conducted by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), which is involved with the...

Civil servants from the Home Office have been asked to act as border staff at ports, airports and other entry points during the forthcoming strike on Nov. 30.About 18,000 border agency workers are...

Jefferies downgraded its rating on shares of Logica to "underperform" from "hold" and lowered its price target to 60 pence from 85 pence."Without a major change in strategy, we expect Logica's...

Thomas Cook, the second biggest travel company in Europe is facing a period of turmoil as the holiday bookings are significantly low. Factors like the political unrest in Middle East, eurozone debt...

The phenomenal levels of City bonuses and pay packets, that dominated the debate over the survival of the finance institutions that had been bailed out using taxpayers‟ money during the...

Centrica, the owner of British Gas, has signed an agreement with Norway‟s Statoil for a gas deal worth £14 billion. The agreement is important as the U.K. meets 50 percent of its gas...

Mental health care for the most needy people in Britain is often inadequate, an independent inquiry has found.The study by the charity Mind has found that mentally ill patients are subjected to...

Two members of the community reference group set up by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) to investigate the shooting of Mark Duggan have resigned, it has been reported.According to...

two, starting Monday, promises an even deeper look into press behaviour as a raft of people whose private lives have been exposed, damaged and even destroyed are set to give evidence.David Sherborne,...

statement, BHP said on Friday that a new iron ore project in the region, the Orebody 24, will roll out into development phase immediately, allowing for the commencement of mining operation in the site...

A tense meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron will take place in Berlin as the pair thrash out their differences on a number of crucial issues.The...

BHP Billiton will stay the course despite prevailing challenges in the short term and will even ramp up its expansion path, which runs in counter with shareholders' rumbling of a lull in acquisition...

Global miner BHP Billiton Limited is set to embark on two multi billion projects over the next three years.On Wednesday, BHP Billiton announced a US$822 million investment to develop its Orebody 24...

With Britain's international reputation threatened by charges of torture by intelligence agencies, Foreign Secretary William Hague on Wednesday will stress the government's commitment to "draw a line"...

Growth for 2011 and 2012 will only be no more than 1 per cent, says the Bank of England as it slashes its already glum forecasts for the British economy by half."We continue to face a difficult...

Chancellor George Osborne has announced a "fundamental reassessment" of the government's controversial Private Finance Initiative (PFI), with the aim of cutting costs and improving transparency.The...