Retail sales volumes were up 1.2% in April 2025, following a rise of 0.1% in March 2025 (revised down from 0.4%). April’s retail sales growth surpassed expectations, with analysts having predicted a 0 ...

Household energy bills will fall by 7% from July, Ofgem has confirmed. The typical bill will drop by £129 to £1,720 per year when the regulator’s new price cap – which sets the limit on how much firms ...

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Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Sir Keir Starmer of “emboldening Hamas”, after the British Prime Minister joined the leaders of France and Canada in calling for a halt to Israel’s military offensive ...

A new mental health and wellbeing service has officially launched in West Dorset, at an event attended by the High Sheriff of Dorset and ...

Some 50,000 people have been isolated by flooding along the coast of New South Wales state, north of Sydney, after days of heavy rain.

North Korea said it began steps to investigate and arrest those responsible for the failed launch of its second naval destroyer after leader Kim Jong Un expressed fury over the incident that he said ...

EllaFest is organised by the friends and family of Ella Pallister who died aged 17 in 2013 after suffering an injury at a showjumping competition.

The Bridport Food Festival is set to return to Asker Meadows this year on Saturday, June 14. Running alongside it is the beer festival which is ...

Prepare to set sail for a weekend of swashbuckling fun as Pirate’s Day returns. It all kicks off with a Pirate’s Eve Party on Saturday, May 24, from 6pm until 10pm which will be complete with live ...

Labour should “shift from defence to offence, from reactive to proactive, from apology to confidence”, and show itself to be “a disruptor, not defender, of the status quo” in order to combat its ...

There was an ‘overarching risk’ that Leeds Trinity University was unable to ‘properly ensure quality’ at subcontractual ...