Paris Market Report

Dozens of schools remain closed and thousands of homes are without water as the UK continues to suffer from the effects of freezing weather.

A national food company that produces pork and sliced meat products is to close its Wirral base with a loss of 300 jobs.

Two prominent Dundee pubs close, and it is predicted more shut-downs will follow.

The M5 near Bristol is closed southbound after a car transporter overturns.

Marks and Spencer plans to close two of its Simply Food stores in Berkshire as part of 25 UK food outlet closures.

Water supplies are expected to return to normal within hours to 6,000 homes in a south Wales valley.

Bulgarians shiver as a cut in Russian gas supplies hits municipal heating and enterprises in sub-zero temperatures.

Marks and Spencer says it plans to close 25 Simply Food stores and two of its regular stores, and cut 1,230 jobs.

A stretch of the M1 in Northamptonshire is closed in both directions because of a fire in a car fuelled by liquid gas.

The last member of a city's traders association closes down over the economic downturn and other reasons.

Two wards at Weston General Hospital in Somerset are closed after an outbreak of highly-infectious norovirus.

A Norfolk fruit and vegetable wholesaler announces it is to close, with the loss of more than 40 jobs.

School governors and education chiefs clash over plans to shake-up the education system in Dorset.

One of the two main stores Marks and Spencer plans to close is in Surrey, it is announced.

Three Post Office branches in Dorset and Wiltshire reopen after they close suddenly on Tuesday.

Marks and Spencer is to close its Simply Food stores in Torquay and Honiton with the loss of 56 jobs.

Marks and Spencer plans to close its Simply Food store in Newtownards, with the loss of 37 jobs.

Dozens of schools close and drivers are urged to take care as Cumbria is hit by freezing weather.

Many children are among the dead and injured in the conflict in Gaza, and psychiatrists are warning that some children on both sides may never recover from the psychological damage done as the bombs, shells and rockets fall, reports the BBC's Heather Sharp.