Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to pay for some gifts and hospitality has prompted questions on whether others will follow his lead.

The funding values the ChatGPT maker at 157 billion US dollars (£118 billion), making it one of the most valuable start-ups in the world.

An Israeli strike in the Lebanese capital Beirut killed seven health and rescue workers, an Islamic health organisation said, as governments around the world scrambled to evacuate their citizens from ...

Reality stars Dan Edgar and Chris Taylor and soap actress Chelsee Healey have become the latest contestants announced for Dancing On Ice 2025. The celebrities will join comedian Josh Jones, former ...

Tesco has said consumers are in “reasonably good shape” as a surge in demand for premium products and food price cuts helped lift its sales. The UK’s biggest supermarket said shoppers were buying more ...

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the situation in Lebanon was volatile and urged Britons to take the first available flight out.

Created in 1980, the annual Right Livelihood Award honours efforts that the Swedish-German prize founder felt were being ignored by the Nobel Prizes.

Alec Stewart’s new role as high-performance cricket adviser at Surrey will significantly reduce his workload as he focuses on caring for his wife during her ongoing battle with cancer. The former ...

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has said interest rate cuts could become “more aggressive”, sparking falls in the value of the pound. He said that, if inflation remains in check, the Bank might ...

Former transport minister S Iswaran was the first minister to be charged and imprisoned for nearly half a century.

A fire at a hospital in southern Taiwan killed at least nine people on Thursday as the island was being battered by a typhoon. The fire occurred in Pingtung county, which has been hit hard by Typhoon ...

At least six people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in Beirut overnight, Lebanon’s health ministry said, as governments around the world scrambled to evacuate their ...