Ofwat has confirmed that £2.5 million of bonus payments made to 21 senior Thames Water executives in April cannot be clawed back.

Some building societies have reported seeing a jump in cash Isa applications following speculation that the limit could be cut. Reports have suggested that plans to cut the annual tax-free cash Isa ...

Kyle Steyn is set to end an injury-plagued year away from international rugby in Scotland’s clash Fiji on Saturday. After taking part in last summer’s four-Test tour of the Americas, the Glasgow ...

The King and President Emmanuel Macron enjoyed a long goodbye as the two men bid farewell after a successful start to the French leader’s state visit. In a sign of their friendship, Charles and the ...

Holly Willoughby’s media company has been given a further chance to avoid being wound up over a tax debt. Roxy Media, the media production and management firm run by the TV presenter and her husband, ...

There were 247,703 conceptions leading to a legal abortion in 2022, a 13.1 rise on the 218,923 recorded in 2021, the ONS said.

Jim Goldie is “reasonably confident” American Affair will still make the Breeders’ Cup after he was forced to rule his stable star out of the Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes at York.

A woman has been charged with murder after a 93-year-old great-grandmother was found dead in Greater Manchester. Judy Zussman was discovered by officers at an address in Gatley, Stockport, on the ...

Resident doctors will go on strike for five continuous days later this month in their dispute with the Government over pay, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said. Announcing strike dates ...

Four education unions have made a ‘united’ call to ministers to provide additional investment to schools for increased staff salaries.

The Crown Prosecution Service confirmed it would not pursue an appeal after Rebecca Richardson was discharged from the extradition request ...

Effigies of migrants in a boat have been placed on a loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland, prompting condemnation and calls for the display to be removed ahead of the pyre being lit.