Andrew Buncombe visits Bhutan to find out if its people really are as content as they claim to be.

A retired businessman has lost his High Court battle against extradition to the US where he faces charges of conspiring to sell parts for Iranian missiles.

The Bank of England's hopes of an export-led recovery were dealt a blow yesterday as the UK's goods trade gap with the rest of the world hit £8.6bn.

A worsening trade deficit is set to dampen hopes of an export-led recovery and end the recent run of upbeat news on the UK economy, City experts fear.

Doctors warn the scandal exposes the risks of opening healthcare up to private firms

Department of Health pressed to change advice to 50,000 British women as French government prepares to recommend urgent removal

Rescuers said yesterday it would be a miracle if they found anyone else alive after a drilling rig sank with 67 people on board in the icy seas off Russia's eastern coast.

Britain's manufacturing base is contracting at the fastest pace for two years.

Factory bosses are preparing a cut in production in the new year after the eurozone crisis left exports at their weakest in two years, the CBI said today.

More than 1,000 Occupy Wall Street protesters have blocked cargo trucks at some of the West Coast's busiest ports, forcing terminals in Oakland, California, Portland, Oregon, and Washington state to halt operations.

The Brian Viner Interview: No, Vinnie Jones has not gone soft living in La La Land, but he helps newly-arrived Brits in Hollywood, wants to curb anti-social behaviour and has a plea for his old mate Gazza

Ministers have reneged on coalition promise to champion British firms investing in clean energy, say Greenpeace and WWF

UK balance of payments improves sharply, but economists cast doubt on reliability of figures

The Government has put a temporary export bar on an unfinished portrait by French impressionist Edouard Manet.