Walmart’s first-quarter profit slipped and it said it must raise prices because of higher costs from tariffs implemented by US president Donald Trump. The nation’s largest retailer posted strong ...

The supermarket said it will not drop food standards even if current regulations are watered down to secure international agreements.

Of those who took part in a ballot, 86% agreed to the rise, which will increase wages by 4.25% this year and then by 3.75% in 2026-27 The pay rise applies to the majority of NHS staff, including ...

Scottish Water is calling on people to take care when using supplies throughout the warmer months after Scotland experienced its driest start to ...

Vladimir Putin’s refusal to meet Volodymyr Zelensky face-to-face for peace talks is “further evidence” of the Russian president “dragging his feet” to delay a ceasefire, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

Independent schools have been hit with a ‘triple whammy of financial blows’ after the Government’s decision to impose VAT on fees, the ...

Marine Accident Investigation Branch investigators said that the 56-metre (184ft) Bayesian was knocked over by ‘extreme wind’.

General Sir Gwyn Jenkins has been named as the new head of the Royal Navy, the Ministry of Defence said, following the earlier than expected departure of his predecessor. Royal Marine Sir Gwyn ...

Pullman Car No 246 ‘Lydia’ was used during crucial wartime strategy meetings ahead of D-Day and later during Churchill’s ...

The chair of the Royal College of GPs also told the BBC this week that doctors have “real concerns about the practical and legal implications of a change in the law on assisted dying”, which she said ...

The British endurance swimmer says ‘I’m frightened of sharks but I’m really frightened of a world without sharks’ ahead of his latest swim.

Transport minister Mike Kane said the Government wants to ‘maximise the benefits of future flight technologies including flying taxis’.