A working group will bring together ministers, energy firms and consumer bodies to create a new tariff which could cut bills ...

The European Union has pledged to lend Ukraine up to 35 billion euro (£29 billion) as part of a loan package organised by the Group of Seven major industrial nations, as it seeks to help the country ...

Animal rights activists have staged a protest outside the new Gucci store as it opened in Edinburgh, urging the luxury brand to end the use of reptile skins. Demonstrators from People from the Ethical ...

Building restoration specialists abseiled down the walls of the castle during its annual external sprucing up.

Here is everything you need to know about the acceptance rate at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, as the institution tops Oxbridge in a ...

A community group is campaigning to transform an area on the banks of Loch Lomond into a multi-purpose watersports centre for school children.

Former Welsh rugby hero Alun Wyn Jones surprised Swansea shoppers as they caught him stacking supermarket shelves.

The fixture between the Royal Southern Yacht Club and the Island Sailing Club on the shipping lane sees batters and bowlers duel not only with each other but with the forces of nature as they take ...

Retail sales rose 1 last month as warmer weather and end-of-season deals helped to boost supermarkets and clothes stores.

A Kentucky sheriff has been charged with murdering a judge who was shot dead in his courthouse chambers. A preliminary investigation indicates Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Stines shot District Judge ...

The number of companies that became insolvent in August was 15% lower than during the same period last year, according to official data. In England and Wales, 1,953 businesses went bust, according to ...

The late Harrods’ owner was described as a “monster” during a press conference held by the legal team featured in the BBC documentary Al-Fayed: Predator At Harrods.