Car workers on tenterhooks as MG Rover talks 'stall'

Thousands of workers at car giant MG Rover are waiting for news today about crucial talks on a joint venture with a proposed Chinese partner after the revelation that the negotiations had “stalled”.

A team of senior officials from the Department of Trade and Industry have been in China since last Friday trying to secure a deal between the UK firm and the state-owned Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corporation (SAIC).