Food prices have risen at their fastest pace for 18 months amid surges in the cost of chocolate, butter and eggs, latest figures show.

Lisa Cook was appointed to the Fed’s board by then-president Joe Biden in 2022 and is the first black woman to serve as a governor.

A screening tool used to assess the support needs of domestic violence victims has “obvious problems”, according to the UK’s safeguarding minister.

COUNCILS in Worcestershire are sitting on more than £750 million worth of debt. The vast majority of that debt belongs to Worcestershire County Council, which saw its debt pile rise by £45.7m to a ...

A resident of a hotel for migrants in Epping will face trial for allegedly trying to kiss a 14-year-old girl as she ate a pizza. Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 41, is accused of approaching a group of ...

The Scottish Secretary is to visit the Navantia UK yard in Methil, Fife, on Tuesday, where the £8 million 1,400 tonne barge is being built.

Posters will begin appearing on the Elizabeth line reminding travellers not to play music out loud or to have conversations on speaker mode.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said an Israeli strike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip that killed 20 people, including five journalists, was a “tragic mishap”. He said that Israel ...

Food inflation lifted to 4.2 this month from 4 in July, according to according to the British Retail Consortium-NIQ Shop Price Monitor.

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said the New Homes Accelerator was ‘breaking down the barriers’ stopping new homes from being built.

Reform UK, which has sought to gain from public dissatisfaction about migration, will reveal its plans to tackle the small boats crisis.

A British explorer is attempting to travel the full length of one of the longest rivers in the world. Ash Dykes, 34, will journey 3,400 miles (5,400km) along China’s Yellow River, from its source to ...