The uptick in the UK’s total retail sales was against growth of 0.5 last July and the 12-month average growth of 1.9, figures show.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer warned on Monday that peace ‘must be built with Ukraine, not imposed upon it’.

GCHQ staff were bound by the Official Secrets Act and were unable to talk about their secret work they carried out during the war.

Parts of the UK are forecast to reach highs of 34C during the fourth heatwave of the summer. Southern areas including Berkshire, Oxfordshire and outskirts of London such as Heathrow may reach 34C on ...

Egypt’s decision to drop the changes followed talks with the UK Government at a time of heightened uncertainty over global trade agreements.

The National Pharmacy Association poll found that many felt the police response to instances of shoplifting or abuse was insufficient.

Reservoirs are well below average for the time of year and England is heading into more dry, heatwave conditions.

Palestine Action’s co-founder Huda Ammori said: “Yvette Cooper and No 10’s claim that Palestine Action is a violent organisation is false and defamatory, and even disproven by the Government’s own ...

Shooting stars will be visible across the UK in the annual Perseid meteor shower that reaches its dazzling peak on Tuesday night. Every summer the Earth slams into a trail of debris from the ...

Suffolk Fire and Rescue received a call about the blaze at 2.35pm on Monday and crews from Haverhill, Wickhambrook, Long Melford and Mildenhall were sent to the scene. A water carrier from Newmarket ...

The Sussexes’ Archewell Productions is working on a romantic movie and a documentary short about children in a Ugandan orphanage.

President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is placing the Washington DC police department under federal control and deploying the National Guard to make the nation’s capital safer.