The deal to buy 70 stores came after Homebase appointed administrators on Wednesday but left 2,000 workers and 49 stores still at risk.

Sara Sharif’s father has confessed to killing the 10-year-old but insisted he did not mean to “harm” her when he bound and beat her with a cricket bat. Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, had sought to ...

Shadow equalities minister Claire Coutinho has pressed the Government to clarify the definition of sex. Equalities minister Bridget Phillipson said it was “important that providers have clarity in ...

An 18-year-old man accused of killing three young girls in a knife attack at a dance class in Southport and producing the deadly toxin ricin will go on trial next year.

The UK and Romania have signed a defence treaty as the two nations continue their efforts to support war-torn Ukraine. Defence Secretary John Healey and his counterpart, Angel Tilvar, signed the ...

A new weight loss drug target may help reduce appetite and burn calories without causing sickness, research suggests. The discovery could lead to a new treatment for millions of people with both ...