Chancellor Rachel Reeves is grappling with weak economic growth, persistent inflation and an expected downgrade to official productivity forecasts.

The Deputy First Minister is to host a summit on future support for workers after visiting a threatened chemical plant. Kate Forbes will visit the ExxonMobil ethylene plant at Mossmorran, Fife, on ...

The NHS maintained more than 95% of planned care during the most recent round of doctors’ strikes, according to data from the health service. Tens of thousands of resident doctors went on strike in a ...

A gold pocket watch recovered from an elderly couple who drowned during the sinking of the Titanic has sold for a record-breaking £1.78 million at auction. It was the highest amount ever paid for ...

Sir Keir Starmer has said he will talk to Donald Trump about his peace plan, which Ukraine’s allies have said needs revision, “in the coming days”.

Carolyn Gelenter was one of around 100 protesters who gathered in Tavistock Square Gardens, central London, on Saturday afternoon.

The tree was deliberately cut down overnight in September 2023, prompting a national outcry and a police investigation.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a loyal supporter-turned-critic of US president Donald Trump, has said she is resigning from US congress in January. In a video posted online, the Georgia representative said ...

Parts of the UK are set to see heavy rain as the cold snap comes to an end. Temperatures are set to return towards average, but more unsettled weather will be seen over the coming days, the Met Office ...

The G7 and G20 leaders who met at the South Africa summit expressed concerns about the proposal to limit Kyiv’s army.

The names of five young people killed in a road crash in Co Louth will be now forever united together, a funeral for one of the victims has heard.

More than 300 children and 12 teachers have been abducted by gunmen during an attack on St Mary’s School in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said.