Figures revealed a surprise contraction in the economy in January, in a blow to Rachel Reeves ahead of her spring statement.

Representatives of China, Russia and Iran have called for an end to US sanctions on Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear programme and urged new multinational talks on the issue. The talks are the ...

Police have made a “huge mistake”, the lawyer for killer nurse Lucy Letby has claimed, after detectives said hospital staff could now face manslaughter charges.

Data released by The Sunday Times ranks the happiest schools in the country, using data from Ofsted which shows the percentage of parents who said their child was happy in school in 2020-2025. Here ...

Early risers were able to witness a partial lunar eclipse – or “blood moon” – before dawn on Friday. A “blood moon” is created when the moon moves into Earth’s shadow, gradually darkening before ...

A St Albans woman has been nominated for prestigious beauty awards. Eva Hewitt, founder of EH Permanent Makeup, has been voted a finalist in two UK beauty competitions. She is in the running for "Best ...

Britain’s economy shrunk in January amid a sharp fall in the manufacturing sector, in a blow to Chancellor Rachel Reeves before her spring statement, official figures have shown. The Office for ...

Francis was elected on March 13 2013 as the 266th pontiff and the Catholic Church’s first Latin American choice.

Ex-Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte threatened a police general with lawsuits, refused to be fingerprinted and told law ...

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Friday 14 March https://t.co/5XnNkX534n pic.twitter.com/sLeDImhUds Meanwhile, the i Paper labels the move as an “NHS revolution”, while ...

The American woman lifted the wombat joey by its front legs in darkness from a roadside and then ran away from its mother.

The Royal College of Nursing’s governing council voted in 2009 to move to a neutral stance on assisted dying for terminally ill people, while doctors’ union the BMA shifted from a position against ...