The S&P Global flash UK composite purchasing managers’ index (PMI) reported a reading of 50.5 in November, slipping from 52.2.

JD Wetherspoon is to open its first pub in mainland Europe with plans for a bar at Alicante airport in Spain. The pub – to be called the Castell de Santa Barbera – is set to open at the end of January ...

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has said from the “very depths” of her heart, she has no intention of returning to frontline politics after she quits next year. Kate Forbes announced in the summer ...

The Prime Minister is set to speak to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky alongside the German and French leaders about the US-backed peace plan.

Funding nuclear power projects and discounts to some households’ winter bills were driving the price cap change, the regulator said.

The painting of Kahlo asleep in bed surpassed the record held by Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed/White Flower No 1 which sold ...

A Reds flag was spotted in Perth as England captain Ben Stokes sparkled on a manic first day of The Ashes 2025.

Ahead of her second Budget on November 26, Rachel Reeves told The Times Magazine that the country could not continue on its current trajectory. But she admitted she was “not even sure any more what ...

Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team were called to a second incident on November 16, after a walker slipped and injured his ankle.

Sellafield Ltd. confirmed that a bus engine fire was reported at 7.34am in the HGV parking area of Yottenfews car park. The company said that there were no people in the vicinity and the fire was ...

Energy bills are set to rise by 0.2 for millions from January 1 after Ofgem unexpectedly increased its next price cap.

BT is gearing up to switch off landlines in 94 UK areas as it looks to dismantle the old network of copper phone lines. It has been reported that this switch-off will affect some 960,000 people across ...