Consumer confidence has improved in recent weeks as shoppers look to “loosen their purse strings”, according to a closely watched survey. GfK...
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The threat of fraud and cyber scams is a 365-days-a-year problem when it comes to online shopping. But just as the rate at which retailers hit you with promo...
People suffering from chronic liver and kidney diseases, as well as those with learning disabilities, are at greater risk of dying from sepsis, scientists have...
If I was nervous, how must our two guests have been feeling? The last time they’d met, one was blocking a road and the other looked like she was trying...
Scarlett Roberts’ diary of her four months inside a women’s jail last year is a rare and shocking account of mostly male prison officers allegedly...
A large fire has broken out a high-rise building in Reading, with dramatic footage showing a worker being winched to safety by a crane. Video posted on social...
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has insisted his tax cuts are about “long-term growth” for the economy, calling it “silly” to think they were...
The energy price cap is to rise to an average annual £1,928 from January, the sector’s regulator has announced. Ofgem said a typical household paying by...
The number of refugees sleeping rough on London’s streets has risen by 800% in two months, following a change in Home Office policy. The capital is home...
Four men have been handed life sentences for murdering council worker Ashley Dale who was shot in her garden in Liverpool. The 28-year-old’s boyfriend...
The mother of one of the four teenagers found dead after a car crash in North Wales has said she wishes she could wake from her “nightmare”. Jevon...
Jeremy Hunt has acknowledged it will “take time” to bring taxes down, but he had “made a start” with his autumn statement. The...
National Insurance is to be cut by two percentage points, the chancellor has announced. In a boost to employee’s pay packets, Jeremy Hunt told the...
Here are some of the main announcements from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement to MPs: This will be updated as more information comes in…...
A man has been charged with the murder of a 27-year-old woman in West Yorkshire. Wahib Albaradan, 35, will appear at Leeds Magistrates’ Court today over...
The mother of one of the four teenagers found dead after a car crash in North Wales has said she wishes she could wake from her “nightmare”. Jevon...
