Workers at a cosmetics factory are waiting to hear whether they will still be in a job after this week.

Up to 337 manufacturing jobs at Hoover's headquarters are under threat with a consultation period starting.

It's hard to imagine too many similarities between the cerebral game of chess and the bone-juddering discipline of boxing and yet there is a new sport that melds the two.

A plan is needed to tackle low staff morale and other issues affecting ambulance staff in Wales, says a report.

Welsh unemployment rises to 79,000 as the economic slowdown takes hold official figures show.

Indian tractor maker Mahindra & Mahindra has found success by growing its business overseas.

The BBC's Steve Bradshaw travels to the Kenyan island of Lamu to find out what globalisation means to a devout Muslim.

A strategy to make people in Wales more active still has no overall leader or action plan, say Assembly Members.

The UK's newest flat racing initiative, the Sovereign Series, seeks sponsors and a TV partner.

A mother and her daughter graduate as doctors after studying together at Newcastle University.

Deaths in road crashes have fallen but serious injuries have risen according to latest figures in Wales.

A carbon tax will stop us using the atmosphere as a rubbish dump and will make it cheaper to protect it.

The relationship between a senior official, monitoring a rail franchise, and a top rail executive sparks a political row.

An overview of Northern Ireland including key facts and notes on the media

On the 60th anniversary of the birth of Israel, the pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim considers the fate and the future of the country which he regards as his home but where he is still an "outsider".

A committee of AMs has raised concerns over the level of savings promised after the merger of major quangos.

An overview of Puerto Rico, including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media

Welsh workforce figures reveal a widening economic gap with much of the rest of the United Kingdom.

Matt Frei, presenter of BBC World News America, considers the impact of Barack Obama's speech on the issue of race.

The Conservative leader tells the Welsh party he blames Labour for a "breakdown in faith" in politics.