Inflation rising to the highest rate in almost a year makes it more likely that the Bank of England will hike interest rates next month, with living costs set to rise further this winter, economists ...

Andy Burnham has said ministers will consider whether standing charges can be removed from gas bills to ease cost pressures on households. The Prime Minister told the Commons he had asked Chancellor ...

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the decision would ‘protect hundreds of jobs and help keep millions of homes warm this winter’.

The search for two missing fishermen who seemingly vanished off the north coast of the Isle of Lewis has resumed after it was ...

DESPITE enjoying the vast majority of the play, Bromsgrove Sporting were forced to settle for a point against Banbury United. Jamille Matt headed the Rouslers into a 52nd minute lead before Oran ...

US envoy Steve Witkoff has held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg about Moscow’s full-scale ...

A teenage boy who stabbed a girl in the back at his school has been found guilty of her attempted murder. Prosecutor Christopher Paxton KC said the boy had an “obsessive and dangerous interest in ...

A yellow warning for rain is in place across a large part of Scotland from 6am on Friday until 3am on Saturday.

The Met Office has issued an amber warning for wind in parts of south-west England, with strong gusts of 80mph and heavy rainfall expected on Friday. The forecaster said Storm Austen, the first named ...

Orange-level warnings for flooding and ‘intense rain’ associated with Storm Austen have been issued been issued for parts of Ireland.

Scotland’s First Minister has said he hopes the announcement of approval for the Jackdaw gas field “will provide some certainty for the north east” of Scotland. Wednesday’s decision brought to an end ...