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Daily Mail, 06.01.09 11:50 UTC

Hospital patients can now use mobiles on wards instead of expensive bedside phones

Hospital patients will be able to use mobile phones on wards to phone their loved ones, after official NHS guidelines were relaxed today. Health minister Ben Bradshaw is advising health trusts to let ...

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The Independent, 06.01.09 11:48 UTC

Petrol: 6p per litre

It seems that the days of buying petrol for a surreal price of 6p per litre are coming to an end in Iran. Many have seen that coming since the government of President Ahmadinejad introduced fuel ...

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Belfast Telegraph, 06.01.09 10:30 UTC

Pound up against dollar and euro

The pound yesterday made its biggest rise against the euro since the introduction of the single currency a decade ago. It follows speculation the European Central Bank (ECB) may cut interest rates ...

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Telegraph, 06.01.09 09:32 UTC

Next, Debenhams shares jump after avoiding Christmas washout

Shares Debenhams soared and those of rival Next jumped after the two high street names avoided disastrous declines in Christmas sales, although both warned of difficult trading through 2009.

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guardian.co.uk, 06.01.09 09:30 UTC

M & 'to cut 1,000 jobs tomorrow' as rivals perform better than expected

. M & ; advertised heavily this Christmas but is thought to have performed badly Debenhams and Next both defied the gloom gripping the high street this morning by posting Christmas trading figures ...

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Telegraph, 06.01.09 07:01 UTC

Never mind the borrowers, savers are the solvent majority

Long overdue plans to ease the tax burden on savers could lay the foundations for a sustainable recovery from economic recession and recognise that savers not borrowers have been the main victims of the credit crisis so far.

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Belfast Telegraph, 06.01.09 02:33 UTC

Tesco in probe over 'cut-price' alcohol offer

Britain's biggest supermarket, Tesco, is facing two official investigations over claims that it deliberately advertised cut-price alcohol as "bait" to lure bargain-hunters. Trading standards officers ...

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The Independent, 06.01.09 02:03 UTC

Market Report: Hopeful signs on high street hearten investors

It is a crunch week for the retailers who are preparing to unveil the extent of the Christmas carnage. On Friday, the mutterings were of an "abysmal" season of sales, but what a difference a weekend ...

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The Independent, 06.01.09 02:03 UTC

Investment Column: Restaurant Group faces cocktail of troubles

Restaurant Group Our view: Cautious hold Share price: 107p (+1.5p) "The shares are a screaming buy," says Restaurant Group's chief executive, Andrew Page. Before investors rush to remember the ...

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guardian.co.uk, 06.01.09 00:32 UTC

Severn barrage: Row breaks out over UK's biggest renewables project

. Lavernock Point, the proposed site of the Severn barrage. Photograph: Martin Godwin Government consultants have been accused of miscalculating the costs of a project to generate vast amounts of ...