Teaching assistants help one of their colleagues to give birth at a Chigwell school.

South Korea is expected to finalise a purchase of dozens of fighter jets soon in a multi-billion dollar deal.

The government sells a 6% stake in Lloyds Banking Group at a price of 75p a share, raising £3.2bn.

UK inflation measured by the consumer prices index fell to 2.7% in August, from July's figure of 2.8%.

Prince Harry spends the night in a sub-zero Army test facility to prepare for a charity polar expedition.

Firefighters in England and Wales will go on strike on 25 September in a row over pensions, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) confirms.

Egyptian police have arrested the Muslim Brotherhood's main English-language spokesman Gehad al-Haddad, state media report.

Pupils in England will get free lunches for their first three years at school from next September, it is announced at the Lib Dem party conference.