Average UK pay continued to rise - up 5.9% - but increases in employer National Insurance Contributions as well as National Minimum Wage hikes which came into force this month are forecast to weigh on ...

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Singapore will head to the polls on 3 May, in what will be the first electoral test for its new prime minister Lawrence Wong. The election campaign, which lasts just nine days, is expected to be the ...

A stretch of the London-bound carriageway on the M2 in Kent was closed following a crash involving five vehicles. Police said it happened at about 07:30 BST on Tuesday, near junction 3, near Chatham ...

A motorcyclist who died after a crash with a car and a van in Aberdeenshire was a "loving family man", relatives has said. Nathan Few, 35, of Kintore, has been named as the victim of the accident on ...

Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic is the first non-American player to top the list of the NBA's most popular jerseys.

Hampshire Police are investigating after objects were thrown at an assistant referee in Portsmouth's game with Derby County.

Stoke City boss Mark Robins implores his relegation-battling Potters to "remain in control" of their own fate.

The long running bin strike in Birmingham will continue after refuse workers rejected an offer to end the standoff. Their union described the pay offer as 'totally inadequate' ...

More than 1,000 people have objected to plans to build two battery energy storage systems in the North Yorkshire countryside. Plans for the one gigawatt systems at South Kilvington, near Thirsk, and ...

Coventry City midfielder Victor Torp is ruled out of the remaining matches of the season with an ankle injury.