It came amid reports that Tesco is the latest high street giant to face a huge increase in its national insurance bill.

Train operator Avanti West Coast is “making progress” in improving its performance but there is “still more to do”, managing director Andy Mellors said. He told the PA news agency the company must ...

Former soldier Daniel Khalife has pleaded guilty partway through his trial at Woolwich Crown Court to escaping from HMP Wandsworth.

An environmentalist behind the world’s largest “plogging” community has called on leaders at Cop29 to offer “climate optimism” amid widespread disappointment among young people. Vivek Gurav, 29, who ...

Grete Lajal pedalled to the medal to be crowned champion of the Racers Eseries at the Women's Esports Finals last weekend.

The Business Secretary has said the Post Office’s corporate culture is at the root of the Horizon scandal, but has insisted the organisation is still “an incredibly important institution in national ...

In his role as Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby has presided over royal weddings and funerals – but he has also spoken of a “messy” early life and subsequent battle with depression. Before being ...

Detectives investigating the death of a man 10 years after a assault that left him paraplegic have arrested a 61-year-old on suspicion of murder. Stuart Coldicott, then 36, suffered a serious head ...

A malnourished emperor penguin found far from its Antarctic home on the Australian south coast is being cared for by a wildlife expert, a government department said. The adult male was found on ...

Sir Keir Starmer said he was honoured to pay tribute to the fallen of the First World War alongside Emmanuel Macron.

A woman who was abused as a teenager by one of the world’s most prolific catfish abusers has described her anger that he used her photograph to lure other victims. Alexander McCartney, from Newry in ...

Direct Line Group revealed it is set to axe around 550 jobs amid cost cuts. The group said it is consulting on ...