The group reported pre-tax profits tumbling to £98 million for the six months to June 30, down from £338 million a year earlier.

Because of record global heat in 2023 and 2024, the world is still going through its biggest – and fourth ever recorded – mass coral bleaching event on record, with heat stress hurting nearly 84% of ...

The average house price jumped by 0.4% or more than £1,000 in cash terms in July, Halifax has reported. Across the UK, the average property value in July was £298,237, up from £297,157 in June.

Mr Trump has promoted the tariffs as a way to reduce the persistent trade deficit. But importers sought to avoid the taxes by importing more goods before the taxes went into effect. As a result, the ...

An emergency alert drill in a month’s time “will be one of the biggest public safety exercises” in UK history, a Cabinet minister has said. Pat McFadden said mobile phone alerts could save lives ...

If you are planning to get behind the wheel in more than 140 countries, including Australia and Canada, you will need an International Driving Permit ...

Conservationists say it is ‘a moment we’ve all been hoping for’ in efforts to reintroduce red-billed choughs to the county.

Rising temperatures are posing new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against a massive wildfire ...

At least 28 Palestinians were killed overnight and into Wednesday in the Morag Corridor, an Israeli military zone in southern ...

Mr Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said the Russian president and Mr Witkoff had a “useful and constructive ...

US President Donald Trump could meet in person with Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as next week as he seeks to broker an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, a White House official said.