Gordon Brown has said Chancellor Rachel Reeves should exempt the Government’s defence spending pledge from her borrowing rules to help free up economic headroom. The former prime minister said the ...

The group reported pre-tax profits tumbling to £98 million for the six months to June 30, down from £338 million a year earlier.

Because of record global heat in 2023 and 2024, the world is still going through its biggest – and fourth ever recorded – mass coral bleaching event on record, with heat stress hurting nearly 84% of ...

Mr Trump has promoted the tariffs as a way to reduce the persistent trade deficit. But importers sought to avoid the taxes by importing more goods before the taxes went into effect. As a result, the ...

Ms Rayner has given Beijing two weeks to explain why parts of its plans for the sprawling new embassy site are blacked out.

Sir Keir Starmer said he felt a duty ‘as a Prime Minister’ and ‘as a dad’ to call out the likes of Andrew Tate.

Pictures taken on Wednesday afternoon show a UK Border Force boat ferrying migrants including children into the Port of Dover.

A business director accused of dumping 27 tonnes of waste which blocked off access to homes and businesses on a country lane has denied all the allegations against him. Darren Sheen, 40, entered not ...

Resident doctors in England have agreed a “window for negotiations” with Wes Streeting, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said. Dr Ross Nieuwoudt and Dr Melissa Ryan, co-chairs of the union’s ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks with US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow, the ...

US-based fashion accessories and jewellery business Claire’s has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a court in Delaware.

Myprotein operator THG has agreed to sell its flavourings brand Claremont for £103 million as the business cut its profit outlook for the year. Manchester-based online retail group THG said it had ...