The BBC's coverage of Baroness Thatcher's funeral was the third-most-requested live television programme ever on the iPlayer – with only the Olympics proving more popular.

Thorntons' sales of chocolates to the big supermarkets overtook those in its own stores for the first time during the last quarter.

The pain of high street retailers goes on with the CBI's latest distributive trades survey pointing to flat sales volumes in April.

Temperatures in the South West, South East and East Anglia could break hit the 20C (68F) mark on Wednesday

Government seeks to 'clarify the position' over smaller scale operations

Alice Tate has some perspective for those of you fretting about your last term as a student

British gardeners have suffered one of the slowest starts to the growing season for years with daffodils and snowdrops still crowding the flowerbeds where bedding plants would normally be taking root by now.

By the time this column is published, I expect that the commentary on the grubby little intervention by George Osborne on the Philpott case will have moved on. We should be well into post-match analysis of tactics and strategy.

Three men were killed and dumped in two ditches, five miles apart, following a dispute over an eviction notice at a rented house, it was claimed today.

Britons escaping our cold weather to seek last-minute sunshine abroad helped easyJet almost halve its first-half losses in its first update as a FTSE 100 company today.

The Easter bunny delivered the goods for retailer Thorntons, which has upgraded its profit forecasts after robust recent trading.

Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper Paul Robinson will be out of action for six months as a result of a blood clot in a lung.

An airport terminal was evacuated for four hours after a bomb scare was triggered by a bottle of contact lens fluid.

... and this March was the coldest since 1962