Government borrowing last month jumped to the highest level for May outside the pandemic era despite a boost to the tax take after the Chancellor’s national insurance hike.

The Office for National Statistics said the total volume of retail sales fell by 2.7 in May – the biggest drop since the end of 2023.

Temperatures had been forecast to hit 32C across the south east on Saturday and had already reached that level on Thursday in London.

The Met has introduced new violence against women and girls (VAWG) patrols alongside the V100 project, a new data-driven approach to identify serious sexual offenders and prevent crimes.

Thrill-seekers can now book a glass floor cabin at London’s cable car between Greenwich and the Royal Docks, TfL has revealed.

Secret Layers currently offers four flavours, with the classic Misu for £8.50, the Nuttella Misu for £9.50, Pistachio Misu for £11 and the Biscoff Misu for £9.50. The business, which is gaining ...

Each 140g LP is made up of approximately nine recycled bottles, after they are cleaned, processed into small pellets and then moulded into records.

R&B singer Chris Brown is due to appear in court to enter a plea after he was charged over an alleged bottle attack at a ...

The teenager who fatally stabbed 12-year-old Ava White in Liverpool city centre can be named for the first time as he turns 18. Harry Gilbertson was 14 when he carried out the attack on the schoolgirl ...

After presentations to the International Linked Clinical Trials (iLCT), which was set up by Cure Parkinson’s over a decade ago, experts from both fields will select the most promising drugs for both ...

The link between JMW Turner and the landscapes that inspired him is to be the focus of an exhibition being held to mark the 250th anniversary of his birth.

Services at Leeds General Infirmary and St James’s University Hospital have dropped from an overall rating of good to inadequate.