Britain will lend India's Tata Motors 10 million pounds to develop and make electric vehicles in the UK.
Postal workers vote on national industrial action. Royal Mail says modernisation is vital. Result by October 9.
The number of people claiming jobseekers allowance rose to 1.607 million in August, the highest since May 1997.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown conceded he would have to cut spending in order to tackle Britain's soaring debt, but promised voters on Tuesday "vital frontline" services would not be affected.
The BBC is looking at part-privatisation of its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, and also a stock market listing of the whole company.
MI6 is to be investigated for its possible complicity in torture
Haringey council has been slammed for placing a child in the house where the trans-Atlantic bomb-plot ringleader lived.
Parents asked regularly by clubs to give lifts to other children would have to register with the new Independent Safeguarding Authority from October.
Brown and Obama, who have not spoken since late July, will discuss the global economy and Afghanistan, not the Lockerbie bomber’s release.
Kraft is the most logical buyer for British chocolate firm Cadbury, but the U.S. rival will remain "financially disciplined," one of the company's executives said on Tuesday.