The closely watched S&P Global/Cips UK services PMI survey scored 54.3 in June, as it rebounded from a 53.4 reading in the previous month.

Ireland captain Johnny Sexton has been declared “good to go” for Saturday’s second Test against New Zealand. Sexton was taken off with suspected concussion during the first half of his country’s 42-19 ...

Mona Hammond has been hailed as a pioneer and trailblazer following her death at 91. The Jamaican-British actress, best known for playing Blossom Jackson in BBC soap EastEnders and Auntie Susu in ...

St Helens winger Regan Grace has turned down a contract extension to sign for French rugby union side Racing 92, the Super League champions have announced. The 25-year-old Wales international will ...

Kevin Roddam, 65, is being supported by his family and friends as he tries to help Ukrainians displaced by the war.

Prosecutors say the pair walked to the beach, undressed to their underwear and ended up in the sea, where sexual activity is said to have ...

Rescuers using drones have resumed the search for an estimated 13 hikers who are unaccounted for following an avalanche in northern Italy. At least seven people died in the tragedy which is being ...

Ex-Foreign Office permanent secretary Lord McDonald said the PM was told ‘in person’ about an inquiry into the former deputy chief whip.

Two suspects in the murder of Dutch crime reporter Peter de Vries have been arrested overseas, prosecutors in the Netherlands have announced. Tuesday’s news comes a day after the suspected “director” ...

Two charges against the former glamour model were heard at Crawley Magistrates’ Court and dismissed as ‘no evidence was offered’.

Police are currently at the scene of a crash in Shooters Hill.

Mick Lynch said negotiations over pay, jobs and conditions were the toughest the union had ever been involved in.