Figures compiled by the Centre for Retail Research showed that a number of major chain collapses contributed to a 41 jump in job losses.

Belgium will ban the sale of disposable electronic cigarettes from January 1 on health and environmental grounds in a groundbreaking move for European Union nations. Health minister Frank ...

One hundred and twenty people have been confirmed dead after a plane caught fire during a landing at an airport in South Korea. The National Fire Agency confirmed the death toll in the southern city ...

At least two people were killed and six more injured as several tornadoes touched down in Texas and Mississippi on Saturday, damaging homes and flipping vehicles. One person died in the Liverpool area ...

A plane veered off the runway, hit a fence and caught fire at an airport in southern South Korea, killing at least 28 people. The country’s emergency office said the fire was almost put out and rescue ...

The viral moments from 2024 demonstrated the “power of social media” from rescuing a bee to reuniting with old friends and ...

Cabinet minister Lucy Powell told the PA news agency that Westminster “definitely had a perception” of a poor working culture but a new cohort of MPs presents an “opportunity to establish better ...

The property booking platform has used technology to disrupt attempts to set up unauthorised parties around New Year since 2020.

The Irish Government took a dim view of several proposed candidates to lead key negotiations on North-South co-operation, according to newly unsealed documents from the National Archives in Dublin. A ...

The CrowdStrike outages, which brought infrastructure around the world to a standstill, placed new focus on IT supply chains.

The General Election was “particularly difficult for quite a number of colleagues”, Commons Leader Lucy Powell has said, as she expressed concerns about the “personalisation of targeted abuse”.

The UK will be “brighter” on Sunday, ahead of a blast of snow and rain towards New Year’s Eve, the Met Office has said. Highs of 12C are expected in Exeter, Devon, with 10C across other parts of the ...