Nanjing puts £10m into Longbridge
MG production is to restart at Longbridge after its Chinese owners outline plans to invest £10m in the plant.

Rover break-up plan to go ahead
MG Rover's administrators are to push ahead with plans to sell off the assets of the collapsed carmaker.

James launches two Rover bids
Businessman David James submits two bids to buy parts of collapsed carmaker MG Rover.

Rover creditors may get just 1%
Creditors of MG Rover, the troubled British car firm, are likely to get between 1% and 5% of what they are owed, according to estimates.

DTI to investigate Rover accounts
The UK's DTI launches a probe into the collapse of carmaker MG Rover after questions were raised about its accounts.

Your views on Rover collapse
Thousands of MG Rover workers are looking for new jobs after receiving redundancy notices on Monday. What should happen now?

Government orders Rover inquiry
The government orders a formal inquiry into MG Rover's finances, as 5,000 staff face up to redundancy.

Rover workers face up to the end
MG Rover workers and supporters come to terms with the announcement of 5,000 redundancies at Longbridge.

Watchdog questions books
A financial watchdog that reviewed the books of collapsed carmaker MG Rover says its study has raised "a number of questions".

'Cycle of decline' doomed Rover
MG Rover's collapse can be traced back 40 years to the weakness of the UK car industry

Business park set for Rover site
Work has started on a £100m technology park next to the former Rover site which will create 2,500 jobs.

Rover workers get £5,000
MG Rover workers who lost their jobs after the UK carmaker's collapse are to get redundancy pay-outs averaging £5,000.

Rover job protest goes to London
Partners and children of Rover workers facing redundancy stage a protest at Downing Street.

Rover crisis threatening dealers
As the future of MG Rover hangs in the balance, car dealers fear their losses could run into millions.

Full statement on MG Rover
The full text of a joint statement by Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt, Tony Woodley of TGWU and Derek Simpson of Amicus.

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MG Rover gets £6.5m loan lifeline
The government offers troubled MG Rover a £6.5m loan to prevent job losses on Monday.

End of the road for Rover
The future of MG Rover and its 6,000 workers is in doubt amid expectations it could soon go into administration.

UK's Blair vows to support Rover
The UK prime minister says the government will do whatever it can to save MG Rover, as workers await news of crunch talks in China.

Old model army cramps MG Rover's style
The privately owned UK car maker's models might look the business, but look beyond the facelifts and their age becomes instantly apparent.

More gloom than hope
BBC business editor Jeff Randall looks at the possibility of a buyer coming forward for MG Rover.

MG Rover rescue hangs by thread
The last big UK-owned car maker, MG Rover, says it faces closure unless it receives a £100m loan to support a rescue deal.

China deal 'only hope for Rover'
UK trade minister Patricia Hewitt says MG Rover's future depends on clinching a deal with China's biggest car firm.

What will a Rover collapse mean?
BBC News looks at what the demise of MG Rover means for those with a vested in the crisis-hit UK car maker - from workers to customers.

MG Rover's fight for survival
BBC News looks at MG Rover's fight for survival.

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Bad timing for Labour
The devastating collapse of MG Rover with thousands of redundancies could not have come at a worse time for the government, writes Nick Assinder.

The politics of building cars
How politicians came to the rescue of Britain's car industry - and lived to regret it.

Rover suppliers brace for pain
How the crisis at MG Rover will affect the West Midland's car parts industry.

Who decides Rover's fate?
MG Rover is at a turning point, and could either become a Chinese firm or disappear altogether.

Whither Shanghai Automotive?
SAIC's talks with MG Rover were motivated by a desire to get into the US and Europe. It now needs a new strategy.

Phoenix Four's image
The "Phoenix Four" were seen as MG Rover's saviours when they bought it from BMW in 2000.

'Devastating news for all of us'
Richard Cort of the MG Rover Dealer's Association and a dealer in Bury talks about how the collapse will affect his business.

'Demoralised and deserted'
Longbridge residents tell of the impact of the collapse of MG Rover on the local community - and how there may be worse yet to come.

'My next boss will get a bargain'
An MG Rover worker tells BBC News about how being made redundant has affected him and his family.

Facing up to life after MG Rover
An MG Rover worker tells BBC News about how being made redundant has affected him and his family.