The Government has said the Bank of England will monitor cash acceptance on an ongoing basis, following a Treasury Committee report which raised concerns about the future of coins and banknotes.

Some 241 of the 242 people on board the plane were killed when it crashed and struck a medical college in Ahmedabad on June 12.

Lord Ara Dazi and Professor Sir Stephen Powis are urging resident doctors to reconsider strikes planned for later this month.

Two men have been charged after a car collided with a care home following a police pursuit. Highcliffe Care Home in Witherwack, Sunderland, had to be evacuated following the serious collision, which ...

US rap star 50 Cent took to the stage accompanied by scantily-clad dancers as he closed the first night of Trnsmt. The New York singer appeared on stage at Glasgow Green for a salacious performance ...

Kemi Badenoch has said the “rush” to reach net-zero carbon emissions is forcing up the cost of summer holidays. The Conservative Party leader opened a new domestic arrivals building at London Stansted ...

Liam’s two sons Lennon and Gene and Noel’s three children Anais, Donovan and Sonny, were with Pep Guardiola for the first of ...

Effigies of the Irish rap group Kneecap, Irish flags and sectarian slogans are topping loyalist bonfires in Northern Ireland. It comes the night after effigies of migrants in a boat were burned on top ...

Donald Trump has arrived in Texas to see the devastation from the state’s catastrophic flooding but he has remained conspicuously quiet about his promises to do away with the federal agency in charge ...

A Wiltshire A-road has been closed after a sinkhole opened up and posed a danger to motorists. Police reported that road closures were in place on the A420 at Ford near Chippenham shortly after 5pm on ...

Former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Blair, who was in charge of the force during the July 7 bombings, has died at the age of 72. Ian Blair, who ran the force from 2005 to 2008, took a seat as ...

The third heatwave of the summer is set to peak on Saturday, forecasters said, with highs of more than 34C possible in parts of the UK.