Speaking at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, he said: ‘We should defend the right of Angela Rayner to call us scum, ...

AT&T is selling its majority stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG Partners for 7.6 billion dollars (£5.7 billion), ending the communication giant’s remaining ties to the entertainment industry.

Energy bills will rise by £149 for the average household from October 1 after Ofgem announced it would be raising its energy price cap ...

Asda has apologised after some of its supermarkets opened later than scheduled after its tills were struck by a technical issue. The retailer said the problem has been fixed and stores are now ...

And in the second quarter of 2024, for when the latest data are available, more than half of the UK’s power came from renewables, some 51.6%, with 26.8% from wind – greater than the 25.4% share from ...

A well known roadside pub could be converted into houses with further building of more properties in the car park. The proposed scheme is based around the Smugglers Inn pub at Calais Road, St Erth ...

Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has made an £83 million takeover bid for struggling handbag maker Mulberry. The Somerset fashion brand has been hit hard by a downturn in the luxury sector and warned late ...

A farmer who runs a green waste recycling facility has said sorry to the people of Falmouth after ‘vile’ thick “evil smelling” smoke ...

Researchers in the UK have developed a new handheld scanner which they hope will transform cancer and arthritis diagnosis. The device can generate highly detailed 3D images in just seconds, paving the ...

June Mills told police she lost control of her Vauxhall Corsa when it accelerated unexpectedly as she left Elbow Lane Methodist Church in Formby, Merseyside, shortly after 4pm on August 2 last year, ...

Tory leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick has said he wants to “get migration done”. Mirroring the language that Boris Johnson used to describe Brexit, the former immigration minister told reporters ...

A school caretaker is planning to take early retirement after scooping more than £183,000 on EuroMillions – and has helped to ...