The move seeks to pay off defence contracts without open transfers of cash through the global banking system, papers show.

The Office for Environmental Protection said the marine environment in England and Northern Ireland remains in a highly degraded state.

Shares in FTSE 250 firm Spire Healthcare shot higher on Friday morning after it confirmed it would consider options including a sale.

Norris set the pace early on and was immediately the fastest man on track again, finishing the session 0.310 seconds clear of Piastri. Piastri was unable to find the same pace as his team-mate around ...

More than a quarter of oil and gas workers are looking to quit the sector, a new survey has found – with about half saying conditions in the industry have worsened in the past five years.

Dying people were left distressed after language used by former prime minster Theresa May during debate on controversial draft law to legalise assisted deaths, the House of Lords has heard.

Strictly returns for its 23rd series on Saturday and Revel Horwood said he believes contestant and reality TV star Dani Dyer-Bowen ...

Russell Martin offered up a stout defence of Rangers chief executive Patrick Stewart as Gers fans get set to protest against both men on Saturday. The Union Bears, the Ultras-style supporters group, ...

Drawn in the first of the semi-finals alongside Olympic silver and bronze medallists Marco Arop and Djamel Sedjati, Ben Pattison found himself ...

Manchester City head to fellow title contenders Arsenal with “high hopes” having followed their derby triumph by beating Napoli. Having gone into the international break reeling from Premier League ...

An elderly British couple have been freed from months of detention in Afghanistan. Barbie Reynolds, 76, and her husband Peter, 80, have been released by the Taliban, the Foreign Office confirmed. The ...