Consumer goods giant Unilever has upped its annual outlook after notching up its best quarterly sales performance in more than a decade ahead of a £33.8 billion deal to spin off its food business.

Scientists said the relative sea level at Gress on the Isle of Lewis has risen by 1.2m over the last 2,500 years.

Boxer Ruby White was left beaming after a blistering start to her Commonwealth Games – but insists she was far from her best. The 19-year-old comfortably defeated South Africa’s Thandolwethu Mathiba, ...

Commuters travelling between Essex and London are this morning facing disruption due to an earlier track-side fire. The blaze ...

A suspected arson attack has left a public toilet block severely damaged and out of action. The blaze broke out on Sunday, July 26, at Holland Haven Country Park in Holland-on-Sea. The fire, reported ...

Scottish Labour MSP Michael Marra has announced he will run for the party’s leadership following the resignation of Anas Sarwar. It comes as the Scottish Labour Party confirmed a new leader will be ...

The presenter was driving a Porsche when he broke the speed limit on December 2 last year, and was caught again 20 days later while driving ...

FORMER England midfielder Gareth Barry says he understands why Colchester United supporters feel deflated after the collapse of the proposed ...

New technical education routes will be available to 14-year-olds as Andy Burnham drives reforms to tackle youth unemployment. The Prime Minister said he wants there to be “no dead ends” for young ...

FIREFIGHTERS were called out to a blaze after arsonists struck at a nature reserve between Frinton and Holland. Crews rushed to Manor Way, in Holland-on-Sea, to tackle the fire at Holland Haven ...

Ofcom said it provisionally found the incremental “New To Openreach” offer was unfairly targeting “aggressive discounting” at new customers, which are key to allowing rival so-called altnets to grow ...

It will also offer a ‘rare opportunity’ to see photographs of items from the Abbey Road collection which have never been exhibited.