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. The ...

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.

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 cautious progress in Gironde came as thousands of people began returning home after a separate wildfire in the neighbouring Landes region displaced more than 30,000 residents and tourists. French ...

Shop prices are now 0.9 higher than a year ago, down from June’s 1.2, according to British Retail Consortium (BRC)-NIQ figures.

New technical education routes will be available to 14-year-olds as Andy Burnham drives reforms to tackle youth unemployment.

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.

A court heard the horrors at Hull-based Legacy Independent Funeral Directors included bodies left to rot on racks and an unborn baby in a paper bag.

Concerns about the impact on neighbours have been raised about the upcoming closure of a shop and post office that serves ...