A BBC investigation into a private ambulance operator finds shortcomings in staff vetting and training.

Bangor City chairman and director Ken Jones announces he will leave his positions to concentrate on his private business.

Housing associations in Stirling are to receive £2.59m to buy unsold housing stock from the private sector.

Thousands of patients a month are using a government reform to get what is effectively private care paid for by the taxpayer.

A new Roman Catholic primary school is officially opened in Dundee as part of a £90m public private partnership scheme.

A public school headteacher suggests vulnerable children would be better off in boarding school than in care.

General Motors asks the US aviation authorities not to track its private jets after being criticised for extravagance as it asked for government help.

Workers from Dover Harbour Board start a three-day strike over the privatisation of their jobs.

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Officials promised to listen to taxi drivers after about 1,500 turned up to a public meeting about private hire licence changes in Birmingham.

One week after his disappearance, there are still no clear answers about where China's richest man has gone.

A private company is hired at a cost of £53,000 to help a council clear a backlog of 250 planning applications.

A number of new police buildings are to be built in Gloucestershire using private finance initatiive (PFI) money.

Workers at a Kent port prepare to stage a second strike over the privatisation of their jobs.

London independent schools take out adverts in national newspapers to raise awareness of their bursary schemes.

A private firm has test-fired a rocket that could soon be flying cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).

It is the end of the road for British Nuclear Fuels, the monolithic government body that for decades was synonymous with the UK nuclear industry. On Monday, an international consortium of private companies take over the running of Sellafield, cleaning up half a Century of nuclear waste.

A sheriff steps down after allegations are made about his personal life in a Sunday newspaper.