West Yorkshire coffee shop chain Merrie England has blamed soaring costs and Government policy for contributing to trading troubles as it shut its doors after 60 years.

An earthquake registering a magnitude of 7.1 shook Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu and caused part of a shopping centre to collapse on Tuesday, leaving dozens of people missing or injured, ...

Gardeners are being urged to create shaded spaces for wildlife struggling to keep cool during the scorching weather as another heatwave looms.

Investigators have found what appears to be a claim of responsibility by the suspect in the fatal attack near Berlin’s Pride festival, German authorities said.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to give more detail on his Government’s plans for social care in a speech on Wednesday.

A law student charged in relation to a bomb intercepted in a car near the Irish border has been granted bail after a judge accepted she had met the conditions required for her to be released from ...

It is the first time a by-election has been held to fill a vacancy for one of England’s combined authority mayors.

Dr Katherine and Matthew Fisher, married lecturers at London Metropolitan University who first met as undergraduate chemistry lab partners at Oxford.

Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, claimed a French naval officer fired what ‘felt like warning shots or attempted intimidation’.

GSK has revealed it will shut its main research and development hub in Stevenage and open a new flagship site in Cambridge with aims to slash costs by £1.9 billion to fund investment plans. Around ...

Two officers were seriously injured as thousands of Celtic fans celebrated their club’s Premiership title win in May.

A grieving daughter said the horrors at Robert Bush’s funeral parlour made her think of “bodies found in Auschwitz”, while another described the fraudster treating her “lovely” father “like a piece of ...