Consumer goods giant Unilever today made a €4.1 billion (£3.4 billion) long-term bet on soaring growth in India, as it unveiled plans to raise its stake in its Indian subsidiary.

We could see where Philip Davies,  attack dog of the Tory right and scourge of all things BBC, was going with his enquiries, of course. Given that the Question Time audience were supposed to reflect the local community, how would political balance be ensured if the programme was airing in what he clearly saw as the left-wing People’s Republic of Bethnal Green and Bow? 

Theresa May has achieved the rare feat of exciting even more interest by her absences than by her presence, like Greta Garbo.

Broadcasters and politicians criticised senior BBC executives for refusing to give interviews in response to the evidence uncovered in the Pollard report transcripts.

Long-awaited report into handling of Newsnight debacle to be released on Friday

Cameron obeyed the golden PM rule: don't answer any lose-lose personal questions

There was no let up in Weymouth for the advisers to this hamfisted MP. Plus, Ming Campbell seems to have finally realised the jig is up

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It has become Liverpool's mascot, standing guard over the city at the Pier Head on the Mersey. But the cormorant, or Liver Bird, is facing a cull after angry anglers claimed the birds were eating too many fish.