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Nigel Farage has been re-elected to serve as leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party just one year after giving up the job.

Shares in Mothercare were up on the FTSE 250 ahead of the retailer's second quarter trading statement.

Shares in easyJet took off on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the budget airline reported a rise in passengers and higher profit expectations despite strikes and Icelandic volcanoes.

Alliance Boots has said it will be cutting around 900 non-store jobs as part of a programme to create a "leaner central support organisation" for its Health & Beauty Division.

Shares in Tesco were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the supermarket giant reported double digit profit growth in the half year ended 28 August.

The Office of Fair Trading has said that it is considering an offer by Asda to sell 47 Netto stores in order to resolve concerns about local competition raised by Asda's proposed takeover of 194 Netto grocery stores.

Labour's new leader and possible next UK Prime Minister, will be announced on the 25th of this month. The contest started from the moment Gordon Brown conceded defeat and stood down as Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party after May's General Election gave the Conservatives the largest number of seats, though not a clear majority. There are five candidates standing: Diane Abbott, Ed Balls, Andy Burnham, David Miliband and his brother, Ed Miliband. These candidates offer those e...

Pope Benedict XVI has come to Britain with a message of friendship and warning, in what is the first Papal visit since that of the previous pope, John-Paul II, in 1982.

The Office for National Statistics this morning released data showing that the number of unemployed people fell by 8,000 to 2.47 million in the three months to July.

Shares in Barclays bank were down on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading after the company said that it would be recruiting for as many as 600 new jobs in Scotland.

Nigel Farage is to stand for the leadership of the United Kingdom Independence Party, almost a year after he stepped down from the post.

Shares in RBS were up on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading, despite Britain's largest trade union, Unite, accusing the bank of being a "horror story".

On Wednesday Richard Dawkins, the world's most famous atheist, appeared on More4 to launch his latest attack on all things God-related by laying into faith schools and their supposedly menacing impact on our society and its children.

Following the announcement that Lord Pearson of Rannoch is to stand down as leader of UKIP, we take a look at the party leaders who announced their resignation following a disappointing election.

Lord Pearson of Rannoch, the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, has said he will be standing down from his position next month.

Shares in Michael Page International were down on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the recruitment firm reported a surge in pre-tax profit for the half year ended 30 June.

Airport owner BAA has said that the number of people travelling through its United Kingdom airports increased by 0.3 per cent to 10.9 million last month.

Shares in TUI Travel dived in morning trading on the FTSE 100 after the group said it took a £105 million hit as a result of air space closures prompted by a giant ash cloud being emitted from an Icelandic volcano earlier this year.

House prices are weakening further according to the Nationwide House Price Index which saw average asking prices fall 0.5 pct in July.

House prices are stable after the Land Registry survey of all residential properties found the average asking price to be returning to growth of 0.1 pct month on month.

Shares in Vodafone were up in morning trading on the FTSE 100 after the group said it had returned to organic revenue growth in the quarter ended 30 June.

Boeing's competitor to the huge double-decker A380 is 'probably' going to be delivered late, after schedule was delayed, according to Boeing's Vice President of programs, Pat Shanahan.

Public Finance data for the UK remains high this morning after public sector net borrowing was above expectation at £14.5 billion.

Gross mortgage lending for June was up 15 pct to estimated £13.1 billion according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

The Office of National Statistics has just published a batch of figures on the UK's workforce, nearly coinciding with the Friday, 16 July's submission to The Treasury by most government departments of their proposed budget cuts. The Treasury requires drafts based on 25 percent and 40 percent cuts to the 2010-2011 figures and these will form the basis of the autumn Spending Review and November's Budget Address to Parliament by George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Welcome to our live coverage and build-up of iPhone 4's briefing on claims that's its antennae malfunctions, combined with other problems with software that have been reported widespread across the internet.

The pound was up against both the euro and the dollar today following the publication of unemployment data by the Office for National Statistics.

Momentum seems to be building behind David Miliband's campaign to be Labour leader after a second trade union put its support behind him, making him the only candidate so far to have secured union support.

Shares in Tesco were down on the FTSE 100 and are a recommended hold ahead of its first quarter trading statement due tomorrow.

The coalition between the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties has surprised many, not least because of the apparent passion and speed with which David Cameron and Nick Clegg have embraced each other.