Words like “shambolic” and “disastrous” are thrown around. Ministers become tetchier, telling us when pressed that we know everything we need to know. All the while, people are dying in droves in ...

Chris Whitty is expected to recommend next week that children aged 12 and over be vaccinated after expert advisers told him it would benefit their mental health, education and social development. The ...

The British army has tested cutting-edge counter-drone technology, prompting calls for greater co-operation between the police and the military to prevent the kind of disruption caused at Gatwick ...

Natural disasters will become more frequent as a consequence of climate change, the United States government has warned. Disasters will cost the US hundreds of billions of dollars in lost economic ...

Everyone in Britain should be given a digital ID incorporating their passport, driving licence, tax records, qualifications and right to work as the cornerstone of a “technology revolution”, Sir Tony ...

With a raft of SUVs and electric vehicles coming to market last year, 2020 looks set to continue 2019’s hottest trends. Electrified crossovers will duke it out with petrol-powered supercars and ...

More than half of public companies’ Covid-19 profit warnings have failed to provide investors with enough information for them to assess how businesses will be affected by the pandemic, according to ...

Here is an aide-memoire for those looking to spot the next fraud — or indeed for aspirant swindlers who want to learn the basics of their trade. Surprisingly, very little changes — many of the same ...

President Trump personally contacted Boris Johnson to ask for help as he tried to discredit the Mueller investigation into possible connections between Russia and his 2016 election campaign, The Times ...

As dividend stalwarts such as HSBC and Royal Dutch Shell slash their payouts in response to Covid-19, mining giants such as Rio Tinto are accounting for an increasing share of the returns on offer to ...

They are the transport that every commuter dreads seeing. The Pacer trains, built in the 1980s but still used across northern England, were meant to disappear by the end of this year. The unpopular ...

JCB is cutting back production at its factories and curbing the hours of thousands of staff in an attempt to cope with supply shortages triggered by the coronavirus outbreak. The company, which is one ...