Some of the county’s biggest chains have signed a letter to the Chancellor sent by trade body British Retail Consortium.

Culture minister Sir Chris Bryant has said his “biggest anxiety” when it comes to the British TV industry is the reduced budgets of public service broadcasters (PSBs).

A cannonball recovered from the battlefield at Culloden has sold for almost £19,000 at auction. The cannonball, engraved with the words “Ogilvy Culloden 16 April 1746”, had been expected to sell for ...

An experienced skydiver deliberately fell to her death from 15,500ft the day after her relationship ended, an inquest heard.

Figures published on Thursday showed the party’s membership was 333,235 at the end of last year – well down on its 532,046 members at the end of ...

Official figures released on Thursday showed that UK state borrowing slowed to £1.1 billion in July, providing some relief for the Chancellor.

The gap in GCSE results between boys and girls is now at its narrowest point this century. While girls are still outperforming their male classmates in terms of both top grades and reaching at least a ...

The former childminder, from Northampton, was ordered to serve 40% of her 31-month sentence in prison before being released on licence.

A watchdog has been urged to investigate the “dangerous shambles” of Afghan relocation data breaches after the Ministry of Defence reportedly admitted more than previously known. A freedom of ...

Sir Lenny Henry has said the TV industry is “still struggling” to cater for black people when it comes to make up and hair.

The BBC is “not institutionally antisemitic”, the Observer’s editor-in-chief said following a row over the broadcaster’s ...

A former priest who was the leader of evangelical movement the Nine O’Clock Service has been found guilty of sexual offences ...