Poor job prospects and the economic downturn have caused a fifth of expats working in Britain to consider returning home, the Expat Explorer Survey has revealed.

Self-service checkout workers at risk from frustrated and abusive customers deserve specialist conflict training and adequate staffing levels, health and safety campaigners have said.

Germany's central bank, the Bundesbank, has called for a member of its board to be sacked after he said that Jews shared 'a certain gene' and Muslims would not integrate into German society.

Scottish councils have imposed a three-year pay deal on local government staff after union pay negotiations broke down last week.

Recruitment consultancy Hays has warned that, although the jobs market has improved, new jobs are not being created.

Migrant workers employed as domestic staff are often unaware of their legal rights, while those employed by diplomats receive little protection from the law, a charity has said.

The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced it is to shed a further 3,500 jobs in the UK, in the latest efficiency drive at the part-nationalised back.

Employer PizzaExpress, which runs take-away services as well as pizza restaurants, has launched an e-learning programme which will be used by staff on the fittingly named El Box computer tablet.

Officers at West Midlands Police were dismayed to find that their underwear is now subject to uniform rules.

Six officers from the Metropolitan police are suing the force for racial discrimination. One of the men from the territorial support group was found not guilty last year of racially assaulting two teenage boys, while the other five were acquitted of accusations that they covered up the attack.