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The US Postal Service is to announce that it will stop Saturday deliveries of first-class post by August, but will continue delivering parcels.

The ONS said there has been a rise in the number of over-50s starting businesses. 5 live spoke to someone who has done it.

Sweden resumes wolf hunting despite protests

The cost of housing in Britain has led to millions of young people priced-out of buying a home of their own with millions more hoping prices remain high to prevent a slide into negative equity.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies has predicted that the next government will need to raise taxes to deal with the UK's debt.

A substance which has covered hundreds of birds on the south coast is an oil additive, a university says.

UK drug giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) reports pre-tax profits of £7.64bn for the year to 31 December 2012, down 4% on the year before.

US billionaire John Malone's cable group, Liberty Global, has agreed to buy the UK's Virgin Media in a cash and stock deal worth $23.3bn (£15bn).

Scientists have identified the mystery substance which caused hundreds of seabirds to be washed up off the south coast of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset.

Supermarket giant Tesco withdraws a range of spaghetti bolognese from sale after a food supplier reported problems at the production site.

The European Parliament approves a major reform of fishing to end the wasteful discarding of dead fish and help depleted stocks to recover.

Royal Bank of Scotland has been fined £390m ($610m) by UK and US regulators for its part in the Libor rate-fixing scandal.

Royal Bank of Scotland is fined £390m ($610m) by UK and US regulators for its part in the Libor rate-fixing scandal.

The average interest rate being offered by a cash Isa is now just 1.74%, according to Moneyfacts.

A comet that looks likely to dazzle in the night skies later this year is spotted by a spacecraft dedicated to much closer comet observations.

Nick Thomas of Informa Telecoms & Media says Liberty Global buying Virgin Media makes them the "largest cable operator in the world".

A team developing anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory drugs from research based on the immune systems of sharks receives a £1.5m funding boost.

A couple from Arizona got more than they bargained for when they went on a whale-spotting trip during a holiday in Hawaii.

UK borrowing is likely to be £64bn higher in 2014-15 than forecast in 2010, says a closely watched report, thanks to a weaker-than-expected economy.

The US's central bank confirms data was stolen from its systems by hackers, but does not confirm if the incident was that claimed by Anonymous.

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The number of self-employed people in the UK has increased by nearly 10% since the start of the economic crisis, an official report has found.

A campaign group challenges a government claim that compensation being paid to Equitable Life victims is "on track".

Premier League football team West Ham United signs forex broker Alpari as the club's new principal sponsor from season 2013-14.

Social networks linking tourists with home owners spark anger