The uptick in the UK’s total retail sales was against growth of 0.5 last July and the 12-month average growth of 1.9, figures show.

Reservoirs are well below average for the time of year and England is heading into more dry, heatwave conditions.

Jess Carter has admitted she felt “relief” when three of her white England team-mates joined Lauren James in missing penalties in the Euro quarter-final shoot-out against Sweden.

The National Pharmacy Association poll found that many felt the police response to instances of shoplifting or abuse was insufficient.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer warned on Monday that peace ‘must be built with Ukraine, not imposed upon it’.

Shooting stars will be visible across the UK in the annual Perseid meteor shower that reaches its dazzling peak on Tuesday night. Every summer the Earth slams into a trail of debris from the ...

In a phone call with Canada’s Mark Carney, the leaders agreed Ukraine’s future ‘must be one of freedom, sovereignty and self-determination’.

A disciplined bowling performance saw Manchester Originals end a six-match losing run at Old Trafford as they beat London Spirit by 10 runs in the men’s Hundred.

Emma Raducanu was knocked out of the Cincinnati Open after a battling performance saw her slip to a narrow third-round defeat against world number one Aryna Sabalenka. Monday’s match was the pair’s ...

Palestine Action’s co-founder Huda Ammori said: “Yvette Cooper and No 10’s claim that Palestine Action is a violent organisation is false and defamatory, and even disproven by the Government’s own ...

Scotland first minister made the claims in her new book, which was released early on Monday after being slated to hit book shelves ...

Rangers manager Russell Martin suspects Nico Raskin was unsettled by approaches this summer. But he praised the Belgium midfielder’s “incredible” reaction to being left out of the team.