Millions of people in South Asia are celebrating Holi, the Hindu festival of colours, by wearing bright powder, dancing and ...

Asda has cut fuel prices by 4p per litre at all its forecourts, the retailer said, amid a drop in wholesale costs. The price reduction applies to petrol and diesel at all Asda and Asda Express branded ...

China has ordered banks and other financial institutions to encourage more consumer financing and use of credit cards as part of a campaign to get people to spend more.

Rachel Reeves has doubled down on the need to reform the welfare system, insisting the Government must “get a grip” on it amid concerns from Labour MPs about the impact of expected cuts to the budget.

Representatives of China, Russia and Iran have called for an end to US sanctions on Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear programme and urged new multinational talks on the issue. The talks are the ...

Earlier this year, more than 700 people who were aged 19 or younger when working at McDonald’s instructed law firm Leigh Day to take legal action.

The Woodland Trust has led the project to sow 75,000 seeds of trees native to Atlantic temperate rainforest, including ...

Britain’s economy shrunk in January amid a sharp fall in the manufacturing sector, in a blow to Chancellor Rachel Reeves before her spring statement, official figures have shown. The Office for ...

Early risers were able to witness a partial lunar eclipse – or “blood moon” – before dawn on Friday. A “blood moon” is created when the moon moves into Earth’s shadow, gradually darkening before ...

Police have made a “huge mistake”, the lawyer for killer nurse Lucy Letby has claimed, after detectives said hospital staff could now face manslaughter charges.

Belgian federal prosecutors on Thursday announced the arrests of several people in a corruption probe linked to the European ...

Francis was elected on March 13 2013 as the 266th pontiff and the Catholic Church’s first Latin American choice.