The unemployment rate was just under 4.20% in the three months to the end of June 2024 – the last measurement before the general election. It has since risen to a little over 4.53% in the three months ...

The driest spring so far in more than a century is continuing, the Met Office said, as some farmers hope for “substantial” rain amid drought concerns. So far this spring, 80.6mm of rain has been ...

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Jack Draper was beaten 6-4 6-4 by world number three Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals of the Italian Open. The British number one was looking to climb to fifth in the ATP rankings with a win, but ...

A major supermarket has said it is working to reopen its petrol station in an Oxfordshire town after two cars crashed into it.

Tottenham have been dealt a huge blow before the Europa League final after it was announced midfielder Dejan Kulusevski has undergone surgery on his right knee. Kulusevski suffered the injury in ...

Great British Energy will not invest in any supply chains that involve slave labour, energy minister Michael Shanks has said, with measures to establish the state-owned energy company on the verge of ...

Christopher Herd, 48, was charged by Essex Police with one count of indecent exposure and three counts of upskirting on April 13. He will appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court. Herd was arrested on ...

Official figures are forecast to show a bounce in the first quarter of the year, before April’s tax rises and Donald Trump’s tariff announcement.

The girlfriend of a man who died after being discharged from an Oxfordshire mental health facility has said he was 'let down by the system'.

More than 30,000 people in the UK were infected with viruses, including HIV and hepatitis C, after receiving contaminated blood.