Almost 170,000 retail workers lost their jobs during 2024 after a challenging year for high street firms, according to data. End-of-year figures compiled by the Centre for Retail Research showed the ...

On January 1, the country will become the first in the EU to introduce a ban on health and environmental grounds.

One hundred and twenty people have been confirmed dead after a plane caught fire during a landing at an airport in South Korea. The National Fire Agency confirmed the death toll in the southern city ...

At least two people were killed and six more injured as several tornadoes touched down in Texas and Mississippi on Saturday, damaging homes and flipping vehicles. One person died in the Liverpool area ...

A plane veered off the runway, hit a fence and caught fire at an airport in southern South Korea, killing at least 47 people, emergency officials said. The National Fire Agency said the fire was ...

The viral moments from 2024 demonstrated the “power of social media” from rescuing a bee to reuniting with old friends and ...

Cabinet minister Lucy Powell told the PA news agency that Westminster “definitely had a perception” of a poor working culture but a new cohort of MPs presents an “opportunity to establish better ...

The property booking platform has used technology to disrupt attempts to set up unauthorised parties around New Year since 2020.

The records from the National Archives in Dublin show that the SDLP and the Irish government were heavily against the idea.

Papers contained in the annual release of documents from the National Archives in Dublin show that Janet Reno, the attorney general at the time, wanted to stop Mr Adams from fundraising because of a ...

Among nine names proposed by Unionists, the Irish side determined that George Thomas, Lord Tonypandy, is ‘widely disliked’ at the House ...

The UK will be “brighter” on Sunday, ahead of a blast of snow and rain towards New Year’s Eve, the Met Office has said. Highs of 12C are expected in Exeter, Devon, with 10C across other parts of the ...