Samarco – a joint venture of Vale and BHP – was responsible for what has been called the country’s worst environmental ...

Alex Salmond died following a heart attack on October 12 while attending the Academy for Cultural Diplomacy conference in Orhid in North Macedonia.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said the Prime Minister is a “working person” as the Government continues to be asked to pin down the term ahead of tax rises expected in next week’s Budget. “The Prime ...

The UK’s competition watchdog is set to take mattress seller Emma to court over its online discounting, which it said could be misleading shoppers. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) started ...

All five of One Direction’s studio albums have returned to the UK top 40 as fans mourn the death of former member Liam Payne. The 31-year-old singer fell from the third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur ...

Two Scottish pensioners have been given permission to proceed with their legal challenge against the UK and Scottish and governments’ decision to cut the winter fuel payment.

An online predator who drove one of his catfish victims in the US to take her own life has been jailed for at least 20 years. Alexander McCartney, 26, who admitted 185 charges involving 70 children, ...

More than 29,000 migrants have arrived in the UK so far this year after crossing the Channel, including 500 in a single day. Home Office figures show 509 people made the journey on Thursday in 11 ...

Teenager Brianna Ghey was unlawfully killed by her classmate and her friend but their schools or local authority could not have foreseen her murder, a coroner has ruled.

BP reports third quarter results on Tuesday and Shell on Thursday when faltering oil demand is expected to hit earnings.

The King has told world leaders the past cannot be changed, but nations can “commit” to “right inequalities that endure”, as ...

A New Mexico judge has upheld her decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin after the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie. In a ruling ...