Vauxhall owner Stellantis’ decision to close its Luton factory, putting 1,100 jobs at risk, came after Government efforts to save the plant failed.

Mishal Husain, one of the presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, will be leaving the corporation in the new year. The 51-year-old journalist, also a host of The Today Debate and who fronted ...

Sir Keir Starmer has sidestepped calls to repeat Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ pledge of no more borrowing or tax rises following the Budget. The Prime Minister said he was “not going to write the next ...

Pets at Home has warned profit growth will be lower than expected amid weak consumer sentiment and the end of the pandemic-boosted pet ownership boom. The UK retail firm said it expects “unusually ...

The King’s Sandringham estate has been transformed into a winter wonderland, with a mile-long illuminated lights trail. The annual after-dark experience, reimagined for 2024, is nestled deep in the ...

A charity founded by former prime minister Gordon Brown and delivery superpower Amazon is celebrating its three-year ...

A mother and son caught in an avalanche in the French Alps while skiing were killed in a “tragic accident”, an inquest has heard. Katharine Vokes, 54, known as Kate, and her 22-year-old son Archie ...

Five people have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a taxi driver who was shot dead 30 years ago in what police called an “execution”. Ethsham Ul-Haq Ghafoor, aged 26 and known to his friends and ...

The former Big Brother presenter has had surgery to remove a colloid cyst, a type of rare fluid-filled benign tumour in the brain.

It comes after Lord Patten announced that he would be retiring after more than 20 years in the historic position.

The luxury carmaker warned underlying earnings would be lower than forecast this year, at between £270 million and £280 million.