The number of British teenagers applying for a place at the most selective universities and courses has fallen compared to last year, figures ...

It's good news for mortgages but less so for savers as UK borrowing costs have been cut for the second time this year.

Around 50 European officials will also be seeking a strong common stance on Russia at a one-day summit on Thursday.

UK interest rates have been cut for the second time this year, as the Bank of England forecast a “gradual” reduction in borrowing costs despite uncertainty following the autumn Budget. The Bank’s ...

Amy Dowden has said she hoped to mark a year since her chemotherapy treatment ended by dancing on the Strictly dancefloor.

More than one million motorists are currently driving illegally and at risk of a £1,000 fine from the DVLA, new figures have shown. It is illegal in the UK to get behind the wheel of vehicle without a ...

Victoria Taylor went missing from her home in North Yorkshire on September 30, her body was recovered from the River Derwent three weeks later.

Spain’s Consortium for Insurance, a public-private entity that pays insurance claims for extreme risks like floods, said on Tuesday that it had received 21,000 claims of home insurance, 12,000 for ...

A customer has slammed a UK supermarket for selling mini rolls priced at £4.30. Butter, olive oil, is nothing safe from inflation nowadays? It would seem not.

An ‘ingenious approach’ has seen high-speed internet cables installed in a second pipe in the drinking water network on Papa Westray, Orkney.

Tom Bowey guzzled cans of Coca Cola and Dr Pepper from the moment he woke up until his head hit the pillow at night, spending an eye-watering ...

The widow of an Olympic champion is appealing for the return of two of his medals after they were stolen during a burglary. Richard Meade won the team eventing and individual eventing golds at the ...