Voting opens in Labour’s shadow cabinet elections today, with 49 MPs battling for a place in Ed Miliband’s top team.

A WOMAN accused of stabbing Labour MP Stephen Timms at a constituency surgery refused to enter her pleas when she appeared at the Old Bailey yesterday.

A 21-YEAR-OLD woman was remanded in custody yesterday after she appeared in court charged with attempting to kill Labour MP Stephen Timms at his office in east London.

The British government finally took charge of Lloyds Banking Group today after agreeing to underwrite £260bn (€290bn) in “toxic” assets.

Part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland is set to unveil the biggest annual loss in UK corporate history after a catastrophic 2008.

ROYAL Bank of Scotland Group, the owner of Ulster Bank, and Lloyds, is facing nationalisation as the deteriorating British economy continues to push it deeper into the mire.

Over 50 businesses in the North having trouble paying their tax bills because of the economic climate have been given more time to pay, it was revealed today.

The drawn-out sale of British state-owned horseracing bookmaker the Tote looked to have suffered a further delay today after a crucial Government meeting on the £400m (€588.75m) deal was cancelled.

A British army agent who claims soldiers plotted with terrorists is facing a new jail threat if he reveals details of his secret life, it emerged tonight.

Government talks will be held in the UK today on the increasing rise in oil prices as the threat of a repeat of the 2000 fuel blockages looms.

Oil prices continued to rise today, edging even closer to the record high set in the lead-up to the last Gulf War.

Plans for the world’s largest offshore wind farm moved a step closer today when 15 new sites around the UK coastline were announced.

The National Grid today defended its record and apologised to 250,000 commuters stuck in the rush-hour power-cut which hit London last night.