Even old pennies corrode too slowly to be useful. You’d be better off saving them up and buying proper plant feed ...

Fully loaded Kuwaiti tanker set alight as attacks continue despite Trump’s warning he would obliterate Iran’s energy facilities if the strait of Hormuz was not reopened ...

Clustered together in the area of Cheetham Hill are more than 50 shops specialising in vapes and vaping paraphernalia. How can they all make a living – and for how much longer?

Ghana have sacked their coach Otto Addo 72 days before the start of the 2026 World Cup after losing to a late goal in Germany ...

Bear slayer’ Honey injured during confrontation to protect family and animals from ursine home invader ...

Ex-Radio 2 presenter reportedly investigated over claims relating to teenage boy but case closed through lack of evidence ...

Prime minister threatens to withdraw NHS training posts for residents doctors if they don’t call off strike ...

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news ...

The 19th composer John Field was the first to name his gentle and delicate piano pieces ‘nocturnes’. The word – and the genre of ‘sleep music’ – it presaged, is ubiquitous today ...

A tribunal verdict on the term is revealing about the complexities of having multiple cultural identities – and western attitudes to ageing, says English teacher and writer Lola Okolosie ...

A splashy new production inspired by the real-life 1970s bank robbery stars Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach ...

A group of past Middlesex players led by Mike Gatting, the former England captain, has delivered a withering assessment of the county’s leadership on the eve of the new season ...