Schools have been closed and people warned not to travel on Friday, as 100mph winds pose a danger to life in parts of the UK. Rail services and flights have been axed, with rare red weather warnings ...

Both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are under the top-level red weather warnings for wind from early on Friday.

A deal worth around £9 billion has been struck with Rolls-Royce by the Government to help power Britain’s nuclear submarines. The eight-year contract, dubbed Unity, is aimed at safeguarding 4,000 jobs ...

Consumer confidence has suffered a steep drop amid signs that households see “dark days ahead” for the economy, according to a long-running survey. GfK’s Consumer Confidence Index fell by five points ...

Music venues are closing “under extreme and totally unnecessary financial pressures”, an industry body has warned as it outlined how businesses are being taken over by non-profit organisations to meet ...

Conservationists are calling on the public to join the world’s largest garden wildlife survey this weekend to see how birds are faring across the UK. Hundreds of thousands of people take part in the ...

Councils are haemorrhaging funds as they attempt to meet the rising costs of record numbers of families living in temporary accommodation, MPs have warned. The “crisis situation” facing local ...

Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died in the attack in July last year.

Nationwide Building Society said that despite some modest recent improvements in housing affordability, the deposit hurdle remains high.

Rio Ferdinand believes it would be “best for everybody” if Marcus Rashford leaves Manchester United – and would not be surprised if Alejandro Garnacho also leaves in the January transfer window.