Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said the Prime Minister is a “working person” as the Government continues to be asked to pin down the term ahead of tax rises expected in next week’s Budget. “The Prime ...

All five of One Direction’s studio albums have returned to the UK top 40 as fans mourn the death of former member Liam Payne. The 31-year-old singer fell from the third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur ...

Samarco – a joint venture of Vale and BHP – was responsible for what has been called the country’s worst environmental disaster.

North Korean troops are poised to be deployed by Russia on the battlefield in Ukraine as early as this weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed. Western officials have warned that ...

An online predator who drove one of his catfish victims in the US to take her own life has been jailed for at least 20 years. Alexander McCartney, 26, who admitted 185 charges involving 70 children, ...

Teenager Brianna Ghey was unlawfully killed by her classmate and her friend but their schools or local authority could not have foreseen her murder, a coroner has ruled.

Funding for five freeports across the UK and a new investment zone will be set out at the Budget, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The Prime Minister said the plans would help to drive his Government’s ...

Jivan Dean blinded his victim and caused serious burns by throwing a boiling pan of sodium hydroxide over him in a “truly disturbing” attack.

BP reports third quarter results on Tuesday and Shell on Thursday when faltering oil demand is expected to hit earnings.

The deaths caused by landslides and flash floods in Batangas province bring the overall death toll to 65 from Trami, which ...

A New Mexico judge has upheld her decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin after the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie. In a ruling ...

Alexander McCartney was handed a life sentence for his offending, described in court as on an ‘industrial scale’.