UK interest rates have been cut for the second time this year, as the Bank of England forecast a “gradual” reduction in borrowing costs despite uncertainty following the autumn Budget. The Bank’s ...

Victoria Taylor went missing from her home in North Yorkshire on September 30, her body was recovered from the River Derwent three weeks later.

Spain’s Consortium for Insurance, a public-private entity that pays insurance claims for extreme risks like floods, said on Tuesday that it had received 21,000 claims of home insurance, 12,000 for ...

The widow of an Olympic champion is appealing for the return of two of his medals after they were stolen during a burglary. Richard Meade won the team eventing and individual eventing golds at the ...

The UK’s second largest supermarket firm said changes to national insurance rules will lead to a £140 million cost increase.

Prosecutors are considering whether to bring charges against former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood over allegations of historic sexual abuse. The Metropolitan Police have submitted a “file of evidence” ...

Ten people have been taken to hospital following a fire in a block of flats in Edinburgh. Fire crews were called to the blaze in a ground floor flat on Niddrie Mill Crescent in the Niddrie area at ...

Northern Ireland senior women’s star Simone Magill visited hometown club Mid Ulster Ladies FC this week to reunite with brother ...

An ‘ingenious approach’ has seen high-speed internet cables installed in a second pipe in the drinking water network on Papa Westray, Orkney.

Moves to require large landowners to report on their action to care for nature would help meet legal environmental goals, conservationists argue.

The number of potential victims of modern slavery reached a record level according to the latest official data. A total of 4,758 potential victims were referred to the Home Office between July and ...

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the sanctions ‘build on the UK’s mission to combat Russian malign activity globally’.