Funding for five freeports across the UK and a new investment zone will be set out at the Budget, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The Prime Minister said the plans would help to drive his Government’s ...

Thames Water has said it is seeking up to £3 billion in emergency loans in order to stay afloat until at least October next year.

Two men have appeared in court accused of assisting the Hong Kong intelligence service. Chi Leung (Peter) Wai, 39, and Chung Biu Yuen, 64, who are also accused of foreign interference, appeared at a ...

A Dorset monkey sanctuary has taken in an infant orangutan which had become vulnerable after its mother had been unable to feed it. Sibu Junior was born on July 31 at Dublin Zoo in Ireland but despite ...

A former UK defence chief has warned “dire consequences” would follow if European leaders fail to hold their nerve and continue to support Ukraine. Lord Stirrup, who served as head of the Armed Forces ...

In Gaza, Israeli air strikes and shelling hit houses in eastern areas of the southern city of Khan Younis late Thursday and early Friday, Palestinian health officials said. Hospital records showed 14 ...

An application to dismiss two charges facing Sir Jeffrey Donaldson’s wife in the historical sex offences case involving them both is to be heard in December, a court has been told. Former DUP leader ...

The King spoke of his ambition to travel to around a dozen countries missing from his list during a dinner he hosted for Commonwealth leaders.

The tour will see the band play gigs at London’s Eventim Apollo, Glasgow’s O2 Academy and Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre.

Kevin Jordan. Doug Paulley and environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth claimed the National Adaptation Programme was ‘deficient’.

More than 29,000 migrants have arrived in the UK so far this year after crossing the Channel, including 500 in a single day. Home Office figures show 509 people made the journey on Thursday in 11 ...

Three Indian soldiers and their two civilian porters were killed in a rebel ambush in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said. Police said rebels sprayed bullets at an army vehicle carrying troops ...