A quarter of adults in the UK are set to buy pre-loved gifts for children this Christmas, according to Oxfam. A study of 2,000 adults who celebrate the festive season found a quarter (24%) will likely ...

Temperatures are expected to plunge well below freezing in parts of the UK overnight, with Friday dawning frosty and icy before Storm Bert strikes on the weekend.

President-elect Donald Trump has named Pam Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, to be US attorney general just hours after Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration.

Artificial intelligence (AI) could help British businesses offset the soaring costs of recent Budget measures by boosting productivity, Google’s UK boss has said.

The debate and expected vote on November 29 will be the first on the controversial issue in the Commons in almost a decade.

GfK’s long-running consumer confidence index rose by three points this month, although it remains firmly in negative territory at minus 18.

Kiwi, who weighs more than 5kg (11lbs), is the second baby orangutan to join the Dorset creche for orphaned and rejected youngsters in a month, following three-month-old Sibu who moved to the site on ...

The Government should review GCSE English as teachers say it is uninspiring and “too mechanistic”, the leader of a major exam board has said. Colin Hughes, chief executive of AQA, said pupils should ...

Hooligans who wreak havoc in towns and neighbourhoods could face up to two years in jail for breaching so-called respect orders launched in a bid to crack down on anti-social behaviour.

Some major hotel chains are potentially misleading consumers with “bait pricing” offers of cheap rooms while in reality making only a few available, a study suggests.