The FTSE 100 has lifted higher despite Theresa May's resignation announcement, as an uplift in US-China trade relations dominated sentiment.
May 24, 2019
US officials say the Trump administration has notified Congress it plans to send 1,500 troops to the Middle East amid heightened tensions with Iran.
May 24, 2019
Rachel Riley and Pasha Kovalev are expecting their first child together.
May 24, 2019
The governor of Missouri has signed a bill that bans abortion from the eighth week of pregnancy – without exceptions for cases of rape or incest – making it among...
May 24, 2019
The boss and founder of Ocado has pocketed £49.8 million in the latest huge bonus payout for the chief.
May 24, 2019
Protesters — many of them too young to vote — have taken to the streets across the European Union to demand tougher action against global warming as the 28-nation bloc...
May 24, 2019
Chemicals firm Johnson Matthey is expected to post higher profits next week, while the City looks for updates on new opportunities for the firm in the electric car sector.
May 24, 2019
After Theresa May announced she would stand down as leader of the Conservative Party, Twitter users flocked to social media to react to the news.
May 24, 2019
Abortion providers have asked a US federal judge to block an Alabama law that would ban most abortions in the state.
May 24, 2019
An American climber who fulfilled his dream of climbing the highest mountain on each of the seven continents by reaching the summit of Mount Everest died of probable altitude sickness...
May 24, 2019
David Walliams surprised the pupils at Flakefleet Primary School with an impromptu reading from his new children's book – after making a dramatic arrival by helicopter.
May 24, 2019
Women in politics have been reflecting on Theresa May's impact as a female leader in “a man's world” following her resignation.
May 24, 2019
Sir Philip Green's longtime critic Frank Field has called on the retail tycoon to protect his employee pensions with his own money, as retail giant Arcadia prepares to close stores.
May 24, 2019
An American climber who fulfilled his dream of climbing the highest mountain on each of the seven continents by reaching the summit of Mount Everest died of probable altitude sickness...
May 24, 2019
Two children have died and four others remain in hospital after a "serious incident" in Sheffield.
May 24, 2019
Six children have been taken to hospital after a “serious incident” at a property in Shiregreen, Sheffield, South Yorkshire Police said.
May 24, 2019
Donald Trump has suggested he might be willing to make embattled Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei part of trade talks with China.
May 24, 2019
North Korea has said nuclear negotiations with the US will never resume unless the Trump administration moves away from what the North describes as unilateral demands for disarmament.
May 24, 2019
A nine-year-old boy has died after he became trapped underneath a locker at a school, police said.
May 24, 2019
Consumers continued to shop in April despite economic uncertainty with record growth seen online, official figures show.
May 24, 2019
BRITISH Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to announce the date of her departure today, triggering a contest that will bring a new leader to power who is likely to...
May 24, 2019
The energy regulator has confirmed it will pursue even tighter restrictions on how much profit energy companies can make, in a move it said will result in lower prices for...
May 24, 2019
Broadband providers will be given more access to Openreach's telegraph poles and underground tunnels to lay their own high-speed cables, under new plans drawn up by regulator Ofcom.
May 24, 2019
A majority in Brazil's supreme court has voted to make homophobia and transphobia crimes like racism, a decision coming amid fears the country's far-right president will roll back LGBT social...
May 24, 2019
Stagecoach has launched its second legal action against the Government in less than a month over the Department for Transport's decision to ban it from bidding for rail franchises.
May 24, 2019
Hundreds of couples in Taiwan are rushing to tie the knot on the first day a landmark decision to legalise same-sex marriage takes effect.
May 24, 2019
A serial killer who terrorised Florida with a 1984 spree that claimed the lives of 10 women has been executed.
May 24, 2019
Losses at Mothercare have widened on the back of a drastic restructuring plan, but the company said it will now focus on rebuilding its brand.
May 24, 2019
Losses at Mothercare UK have widened on the back of a drastic restructuring plan, but the company said it will now focus on rebuilding its brand.
