Figures compiled by the Centre for Retail Research showed that a number of major chain collapses contributed to a 41 jump in job losses.

On January 1, the country will become the first in the EU to introduce a ban on health and environmental grounds.

One hundred and twenty people have been confirmed dead after a plane caught fire during a landing at an airport in South Korea. The National Fire Agency confirmed the death toll in the southern city ...

A plane veered off the runway, hit a fence and caught fire at an airport in southern South Korea, killing at least 47 people, emergency officials said. The National Fire Agency said the fire was ...

At least two people were killed and six more injured as several tornadoes touched down in Texas and Mississippi on Saturday, damaging homes and flipping vehicles. One person died in the Liverpool area ...

Cabinet minister Lucy Powell told the PA news agency that Westminster “definitely had a perception” of a poor working culture but a new cohort of MPs presents an “opportunity to establish better ...

The Sunday Times reports Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said middle-class families support proposals to introduce VAT on private school fees. SUNDAY TIMES ...

The CrowdStrike outages, which brought infrastructure around the world to a standstill, placed new focus on IT supply chains.

Among nine names proposed by Unionists, the Irish side determined that George Thomas, Lord Tonypandy, is ‘widely disliked’ at the House ...

The property booking platform has used technology to disrupt attempts to set up unauthorised parties around New Year since 2020.

The viral moments from 2024 demonstrated the “power of social media” from rescuing a bee to reuniting with old friends and raising money for important fundraisers. From a wine-tasting runner to a man ...

The UK will be “brighter” on Sunday, ahead of a blast of snow and rain towards New Year’s Eve, the Met Office has said. Highs of 12C are expected in Exeter, Devon, with 10C across other parts of the ...