The deal to buy 70 stores came after Homebase appointed administrators on Wednesday but left 2,000 workers and 49 stores still at risk.

The UK and Romania have signed a defence treaty as the two nations continue their efforts to support war-torn Ukraine. Defence Secretary John Healey and his counterpart, Angel Tilvar, signed the ...

The discovery could lead to a new treatment for millions of people with obesity and type 2 diabetes who do not respond well to current treatments.

Tomatoes could be engineered to be sweeter without sacrificing their size, research suggests. Experts said that most consumers prefer sweeter tomatoes and higher sugar content increases the value of ...

Shadow equalities minister Claire Coutinho has pressed the Government to clarify the definition of sex. Equalities minister Bridget Phillipson said it was “important that providers have clarity in ...

Council tax bills in England are expected to increase by up to 5% next April, amid Tory warnings that local authorities face a £2.4 billion “black hole”. Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch ...

An 18-year-old man accused of killing three young girls in a knife attack at a dance class in Southport and producing the deadly toxin ricin will go on trial next year. Axel Rudakubana covered his ...

Sara Sharif’s father has confessed to killing the 10-year-old but insisted he did not mean to “harm” her when he bound and beat her with a cricket bat. Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, had sought to ...

The UK Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius last month.

Billionaire Elon Musk will join Mr Trump in Washington, according to a Trump aide. The SpaceX owner, who was handed a ...

A FIRE at a home in a main street in Ledbury is being investigated as arson by police. The blaze took hold of an outbuilding last night (November 12) at an address on New Street. It took firefighters ...

Sixteen people suffered minor injuries after a lorry and bus carrying schoolchildren collided in Leicestershire. The bus and the HGV crashed on the A46 northbound near to Syston at around 9.30am on ...