UK gilts buck European trend
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UK gilts and short sterling interest rate futures rose on Monday against the trend elsewhere in Europe as mortgage lending figures showed the weakest growth in two years.
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Britainâs trade deficit unexpectedly shrank in May to the narrowest in more than one and a half years as buoyant economic growth in Europe and Asia raised exports. The goods trade deficit was Â£6.3 billion ($12.7 billion), the least since October 2005, down from a revised Â£6.9 billion a month earlier, the Office for National Statistics said. The report suggests British manufacturers are coping with the level of the pound, which reached the highest in a quarter-century last week on speculation of higher interest rates. British factories are benefiting from an economic pickup in the euro region, which buys half of their exports. Exports to non-European Union countries rose in May, by 2.3 percent, and imports fell by 1.9 percent, narrowing the gap in the goods trade to Â£3.5 billion. Exports to European Union nations rose 4.2 percent.
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Fashion Wire Daily - Finally, three days into London Fashion Week, leaving Wednesday's rip roaring, obsessional and decidedly sexy Christopher Kane collection, one was reminded of why it's great to come to the UK season - the pleasure of seeing great raw young talent.
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Europe's year-end rally gathered momentum this week with bid speculation in the banking and retail sectors helping equities reach a fresh 5&frac12;-year high on Friday.
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Todayâs Champions League draw in Monaco has again thrown-up some mouth-watering prospects for British clubs. Here, the Press Association assesses the chances of Arsenal, Celtic
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Julianna Kettlewell visits one of Poland's new pig factories to explore the shift from traditional agriculture to intensive methods of production.
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UK manufacturing firms are enjoying their biggest rise in exports since 1995, a report says.
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The FTSE 100 on Thursday shrugged off news of a EU5bn fraud at Soci&eacute;t&eacute; G&eacute;n&eacute;rale to move sharply higher.
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A study of 7,000-year-old pig remains gives new insight into the migration of Middle Eastern people into Europe.
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Sterling remained solid against both the dollar and the euro -- which dipped below 0.6850 pounds -- as a week of strong data has prompted some re-evaluation of future interest rate expectations.
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Scotland tops a European league table of countries providing specialist support to victims of crime.
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By ANDREW FORGRAVE Rural Affairs Editor  EACH day UK farmers supply 31m pints of fresh milk, 19.5m eggs and 11.6m loaves of bread to British homes. They manage 85% of the countryside and tend 10m cattle, 35m sheep and nearly ;m pigs.
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Sterling improved its position against the dollar by the end of trading.
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The pound breaches $2 - close to record highs - in early trade in Europe on expectations of a UK rate rise.
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In menswear the day has come where the mixing of the brands, national and international, has arrived.
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The pound was supported by reported buying of the currency from the Middle East, which prompted what traders were active today to push it higher once it passed through the two dollar mark in early trading.
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It&#39;s the fastest-growing economy in Europe, in the fifth year of a boom that has seen gross domestic product climb by over a third since 1999.