Israel has ordered its army to prepare for a full closure of the West Bank, following a deadly shooting earlier in the day in ...

Storm Austen has brought severe weather to the south of Britain, with Storm Boelo closely following further north.

Boss Andy Spencer said the company has started the new financial year with ‘real confidence’ despite economic pressures on the pub sector.

UK businesses have reported the strongest growth for eight months, according to new figures, in a positive signal ahead of the Budget. New early figures showed that firms were boosted by the sharpest ...

Just before 11am on Friday, more than 16,000 homes were without power in the South West thanks to Storm Austen.

Scotland is braced for heavy rain on Friday as the first of two named storms sweeps in. A Met Office yellow warning for rain ...

New weather warnings have been announced for parts of Ireland, as the island deals with two named storms in quick succession. Impacts are expected to include flooding, difficult travelling conditions ...

A Cambridge University professor has retained his world tiddlywinks title after seeing off an American challenger nicknamed the Dragon. Tiddlywinks is a game in which players try to get small plastic ...

The Pope will miss a planned trip to Assisi next week on doctors’ orders as he continues recovering from thoracic surgery he underwent last Tuesday, the Vatican said. Leo XIV had been due to attend a ...