British Gas is offering customers half-price electricity as part of its “PeakSave scheme” this May Bank Holiday weekend. Customers are rewarded for shifting electricity usage to times when demand is ...

In a treaty to “complete the process of decolonisation of Mauritius”, the Government has agreed to pay at least £120 million-a-year for 99 years for control of the vital Diego Garcia base, plus hand ...

Flaviu Naghi, 34, pleaded not guilty to two charges relating to the death of six-month-old Sophia Kelemen in Tenby in January.

The German economy grew by 0.4% in the first quarter thanks to stronger-than-expected exports and manufacturing, official data showed. That was double the growth initially estimated for Europe’s ...

US packaging maker International Paper has announced plans to close five sites in the UK, putting about 300 jobs at risk, following its acquisition of DS Smith. The company said it needs to become ...

The Telegraph is to be bought by a consortium led by US investment firm RedBird Capital for around £500 million. It is the latest turn in a tumultuous two-year takeover process for the 170-year-old ...

The weapon was not fired and no-one was injured in the incident at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow early on Friday.

Extreme weather is the way in which most people experience climate change and it hits the most vulnerable hardest, Friederike Otto said.

The Young Farmers of Masham staged their annual charity tractor run through Masham on Sunday. Despite the cold weather crowds turned out to welcome and support them through the area from Thornton ...

Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from Maryland in 1960. A home economics major, he fashioned the original frog puppet from one of his mother’s coats and a Ping-Pong ball cut in half, according to ...

From childcare savings to untapped government benefits and simple side hustles, there are many ways families can reclaim money they might be ...

The music agency Sound Talent Group said that three of its employees, including co-founder Dave Shapiro, died on the private ...