Lloyds Banking Group, which is backed by the UK government, has agreed to sell off its Australian insurance and corporate lending businesses for £900m as it narrows its focus on the UK.

Popcorn lovers are being forced to shell out for the pleasure of eating their favourite movie snack, with cinema chains charging a mark-up of 700%.

Cinema chain Vue announced that it had reached a deal with Disney today which will see new movie 'Alice In Wonderland' screened in all its cinemas.

The UK’s second largest cinema chain, Cineworld, announced plans to float today.

Coming-of-age movie Dirty Dancing has come top of a poll to find the UK’s favourite film.