Ofwat has set out new standards for water firms to improve their services for vulnerable customers amid concerns that many eligible households are missing out.

A student has been jailed for four-and-a-half years after he killed a young man in a hit-and-run while driving at more than twice the speed limit. Ralph Fairhurst, 26, ploughed into Kyle Middlemass, ...

The retailer said it was boosted by strong sales of its Taste the Difference premium range and its Nectar membership pricing.

The Education Secretary made her comments in a speech to hundreds of school and academy trust leaders in Birmingham.

The Runcorn and Helsby MP was suspended from Labour after footage emerged appearing to show him hit a man in the street.

UK interest rates have been cut for the second time this year, as the Bank of England forecast a “gradual” reduction in borrowing costs despite uncertainty following the autumn Budget. The Bank’s ...

As the president-elect prepares to start his second term in office, China is bracing for unpredictability in its ties with the US.

Julian Mead was charged last month with taking a dog so as to keep it from the person with lawful control but appeared in court on different charges.

In a matter of minutes, flash floods caused by heavy downpours in eastern Spain swept away almost everything in their path. With no time to react, people were trapped in vehicles, homes and businesses ...

Monthly mortgage payments have been ‘eating up’ a much larger proportion of incomes, debt help charity StepChange said.

It comes as uncertainty over how long Western aid for Ukraine will continue deepens after Donald Trump’s US election win.

Shares in the broadcasting firm slumped on Thursday morning after it saw sales slide on the back of weakness in its ITV Studios arm.