Data from the Office for National Statistics shows 316,000 new businesses were created in 2023, down from 337,000 the year before.

The Welsh Government will create a deposit return scheme for Wales, after pulling out of a UK-wide approach which did not include glass bottles, it has announced. England, Wales, Scotland and Northern ...

The UK will “double down” on support for Ukraine, fuelling speculation that British-supplied missiles could be used by Kyiv’s forces to hit targets deep inside Russia. Joe Biden has allowed Ukraine to ...

The Israeli military blames civilian deaths on Hamas, accusing militants of hiding among civilians and fighting from residential areas.

Chilcombe Lane is currently closed both ways due to emergency repairs and roadworks. The closure has been put in place until Friday, November 22 and sees Chilcombe Lane closed from the A35 Dorchester ...

Works to a gas main have forced temporary traffic lights to be installed on a road in west Dorset. Temporary traffic lights have been installed on the B3157 on West Bay Road near Seaward Gardens. They ...

The family of a German backpacker murdered in Northern Ireland has “trust and considerable hope” that a new inquest can deliver long-awaited answers about her death, a coroner has heard. The body of ...

The incident happened on the day the King had an egg thrown at him in Luton before returning to the palace to host a reception.

Habeeb Khan admitted a charge under the Online Safety Act after holding an imitation AK-47 and making threats towards the English Defence League.

Police are continuing their investigation after a ball bearing smashed through a conservatory window last month ...

Mr Swann, who was Northern Ireland’s health minister during the pandemic, told the inquiry the hospital was not the preferred site for the Nightingale unit, but logistics prevented the facility being ...

Dylan Thomas, 24, is accused of repeatedly stabbing William Bush, 23, in a ‘frenzied attack’ on December 24 last year.