The uptick in the UK’s total retail sales was against growth of 0.5 last July and the 12-month average growth of 1.9, figures show.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer warned on Monday that peace ‘must be built with Ukraine, not imposed upon it’.

Parts of the UK are forecast to reach highs of 34C during the fourth heatwave of the summer. Southern areas including Berkshire, Oxfordshire and outskirts of London such as Heathrow may reach 34C on ...

The National Pharmacy Association poll found that many felt the police response to instances of shoplifting or abuse was insufficient.

GCHQ staff were bound by the Official Secrets Act and were unable to talk about their secret work they carried out during the war.

Reservoirs are well below average for the time of year and England is heading into more dry, heatwave conditions.

A 44-year-old man from Ipswich was caught with a steak knife inside an Ipswich Wetherspoons a court has heard.

Palestine Action’s co-founder Huda Ammori said: “Yvette Cooper and No 10’s claim that Palestine Action is a violent organisation is false and defamatory, and even disproven by the Government’s own ...

The Sussexes’ Archewell Productions is working on a romantic movie and a documentary short about children in a Ugandan orphanage.

An opening date for the new shop is not known. Elsewhere on Upper Brook Street, Cock & Pye closed its doors on August 11 to undergo a month-long three-figure refurbishment, with the pub set to reopen ...

After filling the vacant Grimwades building, Jamaica Blue has given a new lease of life to the town centre and customers have responded positively.

Two elderly residents at Highcliffe Care Home, Witherwack, Sunderland, died following the crash which happened last month.