Moves to require large landowners to report on their action to care for nature would help meet legal environmental goals, conservationists argue.

The UK’s second largest supermarket firm said changes to national insurance rules will lead to a £140 million cost increase.

Prosecutors are considering whether to bring charges against former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood over allegations of historic sexual abuse. The Metropolitan Police have submitted a “file of evidence” ...

Pat McFadden also said comments made in the past about the president-elect by Cabinet ministers will not affect their relationship with him now.

The All Blacks, who knocked Andy Farrell’s men out of last year’s Rugby World Cup, arrive in Dublin on the back of a 24-22 win against England. Here, the PA news agency picks out some of the main ...

The president-elect’s second term could steer US diplomacy away from traditional international alliances and towards more populist politicians.

Sir John Nott, the defence secretary during the Falklands War, has died aged 92. The senior Conservative twice offered his resignation to Margaret Thatcher after the Argentinian invasion of the South ...

Engineering giant Rolls-Royce has said supply chain conditions remain “challenging” but sales are on track amid its transformation programme. The company said it has been supported by strong demand in ...

Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki unleashed towering columns of ash into the air on Thursday in an even larger eruption than the one that killed nine people and injured dozens of others three days ...

The average UK house price hit a new high in October, putting it just shy of £294,000, according to an index. House prices increased by 0.2% in October, the fourth monthly increase in a row, Halifax ...

The group reported a 10 drop in pre-tax profits to £967 million for the six months to September 30 as revenues fell 3.

The chancellor’s left-leaning Social Democrats will now effectively lead a minority government with its remaining coalition partner.