THE Bank of England cut interest rates for the second time this year today as it forecast a gradual reduction in borrowing ...

Committee chairman Kenneth Gibson, of the SNP, called on ministers to consider introducing a new category of public spending – called preventative spend – to encourage a shift in culture putting ...

Despite a deputation from Save the People’s Story Museum organiser Jim Slaven, councillors voted by six votes to five in October to close the museum, saving just £205,000. The campaign continued its ...

TENS of thousands of cubic metres of untreated sewage has been dumped into the Cleddau river in Wales, campaigners reported ...

ALMOST £1.4 billion of funding will be poured into local projects across Scotland over the next decade, the British ...

THE number of potential victims of modern slavery had reached a record level, according to official data published today. A ...

In 2023, National Grid shareholders received £1.6bn in dividends, while six million households remained trapped in fuel poverty amid skyrocketing costs. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said ...

MANCHESTER prison faces a crackdown after a damning inspection revealed “catastrophic levels” of drugs, organised crime, high rates of violence and a rat infestation. The prison, previously known as ...

CUBA fought back after a fierce category three hurricane ripped across the island and knocked out the country’s power grid ...

FOR the second year in a row, Earth will almost certainly be the hottest it’s been in human history, the European climate ...

RAIL union RMT exposed the destructive practices of “profiteering machine” Trainline today as the firm reported a ...

SOUTH SUDAN peace talks, previously held in neighbouring Kenya, will resume under a directive from President Salva Kiir and his Kenyan counterpart, William Ruto. The two leaders met on Wednesday and ...