A new campaign is being launched to help more older people start their own businesses. Startup School for Seniors has funding from local authorities across the country to offer an online course aimed ...

JCB has posted a jump in profits for the past year but warned over “challenging” conditions in the UK construction market. The Staffordshire-based firm, well known for its yellow excavators and ...

Rescuers have recovered the bodies of more workers killed in an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, bringing the death toll in the disaster to at least 38, officials said. Another 14 miners are ...

Trade minister Douglas Alexander said the headlines around free gifts for senior party figures mattered in the ‘short-term’.

Heavy rain across Wiltshire and Swindon is causing traffic problems on many roads, as the Met Office warns of possible flooding.

The Chancellor said all Government departments had communications budgets they could use to promote their activities.

REA, which is majority-owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, said it was ‘genuinely disappointed’ that Rightmove’s board has not yet engaged.

Title sponsor Barclays and the new company overseeing the top two tiers of English women’s football have agreed to the biggest deal in the history of the domestic women’s game.

Pope Francis has cancelled his audiences on Monday because of a “slight flu-like state” just days before he is to embark on a trip to Belgium and Luxembourg, the Vatican said. The move was described ...

The Environment Agency has issued a flood warning for parts of England amid concerns that affected areas could see more than a month’s worth of rain falling on Monday.

Rachel Reeves’ first Labour conference speech as Chancellor comes against a backdrop of rows over cuts to winter fuel payment eligibility.

Wiltshire is being battered by heavy rain as a weather warning covers much of the south of England. A yellow rain weather warning applies to Wiltshire and Swindon, while just north a more serious ...