The amount of items bought across the UK fell by 2.3 in April, following a fall of 0.2 in March, the Office for National Statistics said.

Hundreds of subpostmasters caught up in the Post Office Horizon scandal will have their names cleared on Friday after Parliament backed legislation to quash their convictions.

An Australian judge has ruled that the social media platform X is subject to a state’s anti-discrimination law, even though it does not have an office in Australia. Queensland Civil and Administrative ...

The average household energy bill is to fall by 7% from July after Ofgem lowered its price cap in response to wholesale prices. The regulator announced it is dropping its price cap from the current £1 ...

A report found ‘institutional defensiveness’ remained a problem and said a statutory duty of candour should be considered.

Jeremy Corbyn has announced he is standing as an independent candidate in the General Election. The former Labour leader said he will stand in his constituency of Islington North, vowing to be “an ...

A day after the General Election was announced, party leaders of all stripes were out on the campaign trail for what is expected to be a tense and busy six weeks until polling day on July 4.

The factory produced food colouring and used highly reactive chemicals that can cause explosions, India’s National Disaster Response Force said.

There are different types of voting systems for different types of elections in the UK. Elections to decide who becomes an MP – either in general elections or by-elections – are decided on the first ...

An overnight fire in a small apartment building in Hanoi, Vietnam, has killed at least 14 people and injured at least six others, state media said. The official Vietnam News Agency said the fire ...

The main party leaders continue their campaign tours as the Tories and Labour focused on ways to cut energy bills.

The man, from the Garelochhead area, was arrested around 2.32pm on May 16 at an address in the village.