With the economy a key factor in German elections this month, can the auto sector get back on the road to recovery?

Royal Stafford, based in Burslem, called in administrators on Monday, the GMB union says.

The company says it hopes to give more clarity about jobs when its consultation period ends.

About 600 staff at the Vestas factory in Newport are warned they are at risk of redundancy.

Sir Keir Starmer says the deal has given "certainty and stability" at the Newton Aycliffe factory.

Germany's troubled manufacturing firms say they are facing a number of significant problems.

Specialist machinery from the SKF ball bearing factory in Luton, which shut in October, is being sold.

Business in Hereford are giving their reaction to the changes in the Autumn Budget.