Growth in the UK’s services sector rebounded last month with business activity picking up, but firms face a “short-lived” recovery amid surging costs and lower demand linked to war in the Middle East, ...

Alexis Warr, Amy Dowden and Aljaz Skorjanec are among the returning performers on one of the BBC’s flagship shows.

A teenage boy, a man and a woman have been arrested by police investigating an attempted car bomb attempt on Lurgan police station. The dissident republican group the New IRA claimed responsibility ...

The London Fire Brigade has confirmed the cause of a huge fire which broke out at Springwell Metal Recycling yesterday.

Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan has said new album Splat! returns to the “dynamics, the balance and the fun” of the music the band made in the early 1970s. The British rock band, formed in 1968, will ...

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi has told his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi that China is “deeply distressed” over the war that has lasted more than two months and said a “comprehensive ceasefire ...

Temperatures plummeted to minus 6.1C in the coldest May night in five years, the Met Office said, and although conditions are set to be warmer later in the week, thunderstorms are also on the cards.

The boss of B&Q owner Kingfisher has announced plans to step down after nearly seven years to head up Netherlands-headquartered ​supermarket group Ahold Delhaize. Thierry Garnier’s exact departure ...

The 4 Non Blondes singer has written several hits for other artists, including Beautiful which was recorded by Christina Aguilera.

Russia has fired dozens of drones at Ukraine in night-time attacks, Ukrainian officials said, disregarding a unilateral ceasefire announced by Kyiv that began at midnight.

The Green leader faced calls from his political opponents to ‘come clean’ and correct the record about the claim.

The SNP is set to “gobble up” constituency seats at Holyrood but the “odds are against” John Swinney’s party winning an ...