The uptick in the UK’s total retail sales was against growth of 0.5 last July and the 12-month average growth of 1.9, figures show.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer warned on Monday that peace ‘must be built with Ukraine, not imposed upon it’.

The National Pharmacy Association poll found that many felt the police response to instances of shoplifting or abuse was insufficient.

Nurses are facing “abhorrent” levels of violence in A&E departments including being punched, spat at and even having a gun pointed at one of them. And long waits in A&E are also leading to anger among ...

Overtreatment of the disease can lead to side effects such as erectile dysfunction or incontinence, charity Prostate Cancer UK said.

University students in England must undertake more than 20 hours of paid work a week to meet the basic standard of living, a report has suggested. The Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) think ...

Reservoirs are well below average for the time of year and England is heading into more dry, heatwave conditions.

Transport expert Dr Nick Reed, who conducted the study for the RAC Foundation, found that more than 85% of eCall alerts made last year were triggered manually. About three-quarters of those were false ...

Ukraine and its backers in Europe insist that the United States and Russia cannot decide on land swaps behind their backs at ...

Shooting stars will be visible across the UK in the annual Perseid meteor shower that reaches its dazzling peak on Tuesday night. Every summer the Earth slams into a trail of debris from the ...

In a phone call with Canada’s Mark Carney, the leaders agreed Ukraine’s future ‘must be one of freedom, sovereignty and self-determination’.

An explosion at a US Steel plant near Pittsburgh left one dead and dozens injured or trapped under the rubble on Monday, with emergency workers on site trying to rescue victims, officials said.