The UK’s new car market returned to growth in May with a 1.6% increase in registrations, figures show. Industry body the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said 150,070 new cars were ...

Outsourcing firm Mitie has agreed a takeover of Lord Ashcroft-founded specialist services firm Marlowe in a deal worth around £366 million. Under the terms of the cash-and-shares deal, Mitie will pay ...

Nato defence ministers are set to approve purchasing targets for stocking up on weapons and military equipment to better defend Europe, the Arctic and the North Atlantic, as part of a US push to ramp ...

The latest S&P Global construction purchasing managers’ index (PMI) showed a reading of 47.9 last month, improving from 46.6 in April.

The first full-length trailer for the Wicked sequel offers fans a glimpse of Elphaba’s life in exile after flying away to Oz’s western lands. Footage from the movie also teases a first look at Dorothy ...

The figures come as the Government announced plans to expand free lunches to all pupils in families that claim universal credit from September 2026.

A former police officer who was sacked because of his “aggressive” detention of a 15-year-old boy has said he is being treated like an “abuser” and is appealing his case.

Voters in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse seat are electing a new MSP following the death earlier this year of Christina McKelvie.

Sir Elton John said “we will not back down” in an awards speech where he pleaded with the UK Government to “do the right thing” by strengthening copyright protections when artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Severe storms in southern Germany forced a Ryanair flight to make an emergency landing late on Wednesday after violent turbulence injured nine people on board, German police said.

The UK’s headline inflation figure was 0.1 percentage points too high for April due to an error in the vehicle tax data collected, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said. Official data ...

Kemi Badenoch is expected to set up a review that will look into whether the UK should withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights. The commission will examine whether Britain should pull ...