The group reported pre-tax profits tumbling to £98 million for the six months to June 30, down from £338 million a year earlier.

Because of record global heat in 2023 and 2024, the world is still going through its biggest – and fourth ever recorded – mass coral bleaching event on record, with heat stress hurting nearly 84% of ...

The average house price jumped by 0.4% or more than £1,000 in cash terms in July, Halifax has reported. Across the UK, the average property value in July was £298,237, up from £297,157 in June.

Mr Trump has promoted the tariffs as a way to reduce the persistent trade deficit. But importers sought to avoid the taxes by importing more goods before the taxes went into effect. As a result, the ...

An emergency alert drill in a month’s time “will be one of the biggest public safety exercises” in UK history, a Cabinet minister has said. Pat McFadden said mobile phone alerts could save lives ...

Conservationists say it is ‘a moment we’ve all been hoping for’ in efforts to reintroduce red-billed choughs to the county.

Rising temperatures are posing new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against a massive wildfire ...

About 2,000 firefighters are fighting the blaze, which broke out in a village in the Aude region, a rural, wooded area that ...

Mr Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said the Russian president and Mr Witkoff had a “useful and constructive ...

The Slovenia international, who scored 21 goals in 45 appearances in all competitions last term, has long been on the Red Devils’ radar, stretching back to when he moved from Domzale to RB Salzburg in ...

The fire service said the rise came in 2024/25 compared to 2023/24, with 24,754 calls answered, according to its latest annual performance report.

I really am not sure where I stand on the issues surrounding MasterChef presenters Gregg Wallace and John Torode.