However, the number of vacancies available to workers has seen its biggest decline since the start of the year as job opportunities dry up.

A weather warning for strong wind has been issued by the Met Office ahead of the arrival of the first named storm of the season. Storm Austen is forecast to bring gusts of 50-60mph to southern areas ...

Russell Brand laughed after pinning a woman against a wall and kissing her “sloppily” at a radio station, a court has heard. The comedian, now 51, is accused of sexually assaulting the woman in the ...

Scotland’s Social Justice Secretary and the Welsh Deputy First Minister have written a joint letter to the UK Government.

A man accused of murdering a woman more than 30 years ago is to go on trial in January 2028. It is alleged that Fraser Kilpatrick assaulted Shona Stevens, 31, in Bourtreehill Park, Irvine, on November ...

Reported rat sightings over June to August were up 15% year-on-year as the UK experienced its hottest summer on record, ...

Two English oak benches have been installed in Margaret’s Meadow in Sidmouth, with 20 planned and a scheme allowing people to commemorate loved ones.

A TV worker who says she was raped by Russell Brand has insisted she “wasn’t a giddy schoolgirl” during her encounter with the star in a central London bar. The woman claims Brand groped her breasts ...

Thames Water’s creditors have revealed plans to appoint former business secretary Lord John Hutton as an independent chair of the water supplier if their rescue bid is given the green light to avoid ...

Wickes said customer growth was driven by stronger volumes but it added that “mild” price inflation is “starting to come through” after a sustained period of easing prices. The company said it is ...