Minimum wage rates are to increase next year, giving a pay rise for millions of workers, the Government has announced. Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she had accepted recommendations from the Low Pay ...

Wycliffe star Jack Shepherd has died at the age of 85. The English actor died following a “short illness”, his family said in a statement shared with the PA news agency. The Leeds-born TV star was ...

The update was issued hours after Russia launched a wave of overnight attacks on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, with at least seven ...

His 10-length success came with a slight caveat as four fences were omitted, but the horse has been in such good form at Seven Barrows since that Henderson is tempted to head to Sandown on December 6 ...

Some 30 soldiers became ill when training to use the armoured fighting vehicle over the weekend, and Ajax has now been paused for two weeks amid an investigation “out of an abundance of caution”, the ...

England are set to benefit from tennis-style seeding at next summer’s World Cup and avoid Spain and Argentina until the semi-finals and France until the final – if all those teams win their groups.

Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson said he is “heartbroken” as he announced his wife Joan Templeman has died. The couple married in 1989 and share two children, Holly and Sam. Writing on social ...

Kate Forbes said she had “no interest in a spat” with the UK Government following a row over two different taskforces set up to support more than 300 Mossmorran workers at risk of losing their jobs.

Liridon Kastrati was convicted at the High Court in Paisley and Judge Gallacher warned him he faces ‘a significant penalty’.

Struggling Premier League champions Liverpool are the bookies favourites to sign the Cherries’ Antoine Semenyo in January as they look to ...

Inheritance tax is one of the more controversial elements in many budgets - here the experts look at what's likely to change, and the simplest ...

Cristiano Ronaldo is set to be available for the start of Portugal’s World Cup campaign despite his red card against the Republic of Ireland. A FIFA disciplinary committee has imposed a three-match ...