Business cash deposits reached their highest level on record, up by almost £69 million year on year, the Post Office said.

An Iranian strike has severely damaged a Chinese firm’s building in northern Kuwait, killing a worker, officials said, hours after Jordan’s air defences shot down five missiles launched from Iran. The ...

Committing to spend 3% of GDP on defence by 2030 without a funding plan could lead to Britain “paying a heavy price”, Wes Streeting has warned, as his boss prepares to set out new investment for ...

A Scottish woman whose body was found in a suitcase in Greece has been identified. The body of Elisabeth-Jane Ross, 38, was discovered by a homeless man a derelict building in the Kypseli area of ...

The FTSE 100 giant saw underlying earnings jump to 16.75 billion US dollars (£12.55 billion) after a 9.84 billion haul in the second quarter.

An 86-year-old pensioner with Parkinson’s disease has been convicted in a controversial fast-track court over an unpaid car tax bill of £3.34. The octogenarian, who lives on the outskirts of Newcastle ...

John Travolta’s white suit from Saturday Night Fever is expected to sell for up to 400,000 US dollars (£300,000) at auction. Entertainment memorabilia auction house Propstore will present its Summer ...

A major Teesside festival with street theatre, live music and great food is set to attract thousands of visitors this weekend. Stockton International Riverside Festival 2026 kicks off this weekend, ...

Lloyds said it was on track to have found more than £2 billion of gross cost savings between 2022 and 2026, and it was targeting a further £2 billion by 2030. We have strengthened our market ...

Properties have been evacuated as firefighters battle a large heathland blaze on the Suffolk coast during the UK’s fourth heatwave of the summer. A major incident was declared after Suffolk Fire and ...

A letter signed by more than 100 organisations warns that the next food shock is ‘not a question of if, but when’.