Mumbai

Tata Steel intend to formally launch the sale by Monday, the business secretary said.

Sajid Javid met with the chairman of Tata Steel today in Mumbai as he attempts to find a solution to the collapse of the UK steel industry.

Javid said the UK government "will do everything it can to support a serious buyer in every way we can to secure a long term future of this industry".

Tata have not set a timeframe for the sales process, Javid added, but the company will allow a "reasonable amount of time".

At least 18 people have died and 50 have been injured in a stampede in Mumbai after thousands gathered to mourn the death of the 102-year-old leader of a Muslim sect, a city official and television reports said.

The stampede took place outside the home of Syedna Mohamed Burhanuddin, the spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community, in a wealthy part of the city.

A large crowd of mourners was pressed against the gates of the house at the time, television channel CNN-IBN said, citing police.

A baby has been pulled alive from rubble 10 hours after the collapse of a building in India's financial capital Mumbai, the Associated Press reported.

The collapse killed at least three people and sent rescuers racing to reach dozens of people feared trapped in the rubble.

Relatives of the missing wailed and clung to one another as heavy machinery lifted the largest slabs of concrete away.

More than 25 people are believed to be trapped after a five-storey building collapsed in Mumbai, India this morning.

Four ambulance and 12 fire engines were rushed to the area, and are currently involved in rescue operations, according to NDTV news agency.

A rescue official at the scene said there were no confirmed deaths as yet and nine people had been pulled alive from the building.

Read more: Report: 'Many trapped' after building collapses in India

A five-storey building is reported to have collapsed in Mumbai, India according to NDTV news agency.

The incident is thought to have taken place this morning at 6.25am local time (2am BST). Many people are reported to trapped under the debris.