The group has been focused on becoming a more efficient bank and simplifying its operations, which it hopes will save money ...

Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi has pledged to accelerate Japan’s military build-up and spending and complete an early ...

Major' roadworks near Merry Hill Shopping Centre are set to be suspended over the Christmas period in a bid to support shoppers and businesses.

A murder investigation is underway after a man tragically died after being attacked in Perry Barr. West Midlands Police were called to Birchfield Road near Perry Barr train station just before 9.50pm ...

Plaid Cymru’s victory in the Welsh Parliament by-election leaves Labour with a “very tough fight” on its hands ahead of the Senedd elections in May, a minister has conceded. Labour trailed Reform UK ...

A man has died following an assault in the West Midlands. West Midlands Ambulance Service said they were called at around 9.39pm on Thursday (October 24) to Birchfield Road in Handsworth. Three ...

Three Green councillors in Glasgow and one of the party’s top candidates in the city have defected to Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s Your Party.

The Lithuanian armed forces said in a statement that at about 6pm local time on Thursday (4pm BST), two Russian military aircraft flew into Lithuanian airspace for about 700 metres (765 yards). The SU ...

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the total volume of retail sales is estimated to have risen by 0.5 in September.

GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index increased by two points in October – although it still languishes at minus 17.

A burglar who posed as a window cleaner to gain entrance to the home of an elderly woman and steal £15,000 worth of gold has been jailed for four years. Opportunist David Allen told his 80-year-old ...

Christmas Island National Park acting manager Alexia Jankowski said on Thursday there were up to 200 million of the endemic ...