Sales of new cars grew by about 3.5% last year amid a surge in demand for electric vehicles (EVs), new figures show. Lobby group the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said 2.02 million ...

Food inflation increased to 3.3 in December, outstripping wider shop price inflation of 0.7, according to newly published figures.

Disruptive snow, wind and rain could hit parts of southern England this week, as an Atlantic low-pressure front meets an Arctic airmass over the country.

The company said several batches of its SMA infant formula and follow-on formula were not safe to be fed to babies.

An amber warning for snow has been issued for large parts of northeast and northern Scotland from 11am until 7pm on Tuesday, with forecasters warning of 5-10cm of snow widely, and up to 15cm in places ...

The US secretary of state’s comments are designed to temper previous assertions from the White House as Nicolas Maduro ...

US secretary of state Marco Rubio has suggested Washington will not take a day-to-day role in governing Venezuela other than ...

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper addressed the Commons after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro entered a not guilty plea in court in New York.

It will mean 1,355 employees in the UK and Ireland at 154 Claire’s shops will be put at risk, and 1,220 staff across 140 TOFS’ stores.

A strong trading session for mining and defence stocks helped lift the index higher as investors reacted steadily to political upheaval in Venezuela.

Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro declared himself “innocent” and a “decent man” as he pleaded not guilty to federal drug-trafficking charges in a US courtroom. “I’m innocent. I am not guilty.

A pedestrian has died at the scene of a three-vehicle crash on the A10 Ware bypass between Rush Green and Great Amwell this morning.