How parcels are affected by Royal Mail price changes

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Postal prices: Impact on firms

LONDON –Media titan Rupert Murdoch appeared at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Wednesday for what is expected to be his most extensive public grilling, part of an inquiry of press standards set up by the British prime minister. Read full article > >

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Rupert Murdoch faces grilling at inquiry

A small, fluffy mammal called the rock hyrax is a surprisingly sophisticated communicator, a study published in a Royal Society journal suggests.

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Hyrax syntax skills ‘surprise’

Spain’s King Juan Carlos undergoes hip replacement surgery following a fall on a private trip to Botswana, the Royal Palace says.

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Spain king in surgery after fall

The Royal Mail is limiting the number of stamps retailers can buy to make sure it benefits fully from the price rise due at the end of the month.

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Royal Mail limits shops’ stamps

The government is in talks to sell up to a third of its stake in Royal Bank of Scotland to Abu Dhabi, the BBC learns.

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UK ‘in RBS talks with Abu Dhabi’

A £350m contract to refit and refuel a Royal Navy nuclear missile submarine could safeguard 2,000 jobs, the defence secretary is to announce.

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Submarine deal ‘saves 2,000 jobs’

A posthumous George Medal is awarded to a Royal Navy officer who was shot dead on board a nuclear submarine as it was docked in Southampton.

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Submarine death officer honoured

Vince Cable says he would like to see Royal Bank of Scotland turned into a new bank for British businesses, a leaked letter shows.

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Cable calls for RBS to be split

The Royal Opera House plays down the boos and walkouts that greeted a modern-dress production of a Dvorak work featuring provocatively dressed prostitutes.

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Opera shrugs off first-night boos

State-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland reports a loss of £2bn in 2011, its fourth year of losses since the bank’s bailout in 2008.

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RBS bank’s loss doubles in 2011

The chairman of 82% taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) says banker pay has been “high for too long” and needs to be corrected.

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RBS boss calls for pay correction

The Royal College of GPs calls for the health bill to be scrapped, heaping more pressure on the government’s controversial reforms in England.

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GP leaders turn back on NHS plans

Former Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Fred Goodwin, heavily criticised over the bank’s near collapse, loses his knighthood.

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Goodwin stripped of knighthood

A £963,000 bonus in shares awarded to Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester is strongly criticised by politicians and unions.

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Outrage at RBS boss’s bonus deal