The number of mortgage approvals to home buyers edged upwards month-on-month in December, according to Bank of England figures. Some 66,526 deals got the green light, up from 66,061 the previous month ...

Last April, a magnitude 7.4 quake hit the island’s mountainous eastern coastal county of Hualien, killing at least 13 people, injuring more than 1,000 others, collapsing a hotel and forcing the ...

Traffic is building around Witham on the A12 northbound carriageway while one lane is closed for repairs to a road surface defect.

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Traffic is slow on the A12 northbound between Junction 22, Witham North, and Junction 23, Kelvedon South this morning.

Scrapping some deliveries would save Royal Mail between £250 million and £425 million a year, according to Ofcom.

Salwan Momika, 38, got worldwide publicity and caused anger in Muslim countries when he burned the religion’s holy book.

A union has criticised plans to make almost 100 redundancies at mapping service Ordnance Survey. Prospect said laying off 95 skilled staff was “short sighted” and counter to the Government’s growth ...

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla is accused of inciting violence during riots in July 2021 which led to the deaths of more than 350 people.

Heathrow Airport’s third runway can be built in the next decade, Rachel Reeves has said, as she aims to boost growth amid the UK’s gloomy economic outlook.

Hamas was set to free three more Israeli hostages and five Thai captives on Thursday, and Israel was expected to release another 110 Palestinian prisoners, in the third such exchange since a ceasefire ...

Coca-Cola has recalled a number of its drinks from UK shelves, including Coca-Cola, Coca Cola Zero and Diet Coke, due a safety risk. The drink giant is recalling several of its canned drinks because ...