'Countdown' presenter Carol Vorderman will be a “true professional” when she returns to filming despite the bitter row which prompted her to quit, her manager said today.

'Countdown' presenter Carol Vorderman quit the show after she was told to take or leave a 90% pay cut, her manager claimed today.

Carol Vorderman is to step down from her role in the long-running Channel 4 gameshow Countdown, her manager said tonight.

The new owners of MG Rover today announced a deal with a British team of designers to develop a new range of cars.

Workers at MG Rover were today hoping more jobs would be created at its Longbridge, UK factory after Chinese firm Nanjing bought the collapsed carmaker.

Countdown’s iconic presenter Richard Whiteley has died just days after undergoing heart surgery.

Brainbox Carol Vorderman has dealt another blow for the older woman – she has become GQ magazine’s most popular pin-up in two years.

Svetoslav Todorov side-footed into the Burnley net to send Portsmouth into the Barclaycard Premiership after a 15-year exile from top flight football.