A newly re-elected mayor hit out at changes to the winter fuel allowance, hikes to employer national insurance contributions and welfare reforms.

A late goal from Ulrik Saltnes provided hope for Norwegian minnows Bodo, who will have captain Patrick Berg and Hakon Evjen back from suspension and boast a formidable home record, with Twente, ...

Kaliyah Coa, 11, may have died after being swept into the River Thames in Woolwich while trying to retrieve a lost shoe, a coroner told an ...

Marks & Spencer is “working day and night” to manage the impact of a damaging cyber attack, the retailer’s boss has said. Stuart Machin, chief executive of the high street giant, said he is “really ...

The company said it has been boosted by strong trading in its wealth business, which saw income rise 28 year-on-year.

Three people have been arrested after a group of pro-Palestinian activists breached an airport perimeter in Co Clare. The group Palestine Action Eire said three of its activists “entered the airport ...

Vatican firefighters were seen on the roof of the Sistine Chapel installing the chimney, a key moment in the preparation for the May 7 conclave. After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, ...

Shell has revealed a dip in profits for the latest quarter as it pushed ahead with investment plans and shareholder returns despite a recent drop in oil prices. The oil major told shareholders that ...

Jill Sobule, the award-winning singer-songwriter behind I Kissed A Girl, has died in a house fire aged 66. Her death in Woodbury, Minnesota, was confirmed by her publicist, David Elkin. It was not ...

Reform’s victory at Runcorn & Helsby by just six votes has set a new record for the smallest majority at a parliamentary by-election since the end of the Second World War. Sarah Pochin took the seat ...

Their friend and translator in Peru, Alec Hughes, rescued the duo. He took about a week to reach them before towing their nine metre-long rowing boat named Velocity back to their start point of La ...

The order further requires agencies work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organisations.