Advent International will buy a 70 stake in Reckitt’s essential home business, which also includes brands such as Air Wick.

Exchequer secretary to the Treasury James Murray said it was ‘absolutely not the case’ that Number 10 had wanted Ms Abbott to out of the party.

A bright, optimistic and yellow-lettered question that, without you even knowing it yet, will shape your entire city break. Directly on the mountainside, it reads: ‘Bergen?’. I learned later that this ...

Natural England, National Trust and The National Lottery Heritage Fund have launched a new programme to bring millions of ...

One child has died and several people are being treated in hospital for serious injuries after a coach returning from a school trip to Exmoor Zoo slid down a 20ft bank in Somerset.

The chief inspector of prisons also said the backlog in sentencing calculations at HMP Pentonville has seen some prisoners ...

You’ve probably been drinking a lot more in the recent spell of heatwaves and there’s nothing quite like a cold drink to refresh and hydrate.

More than one in 20 car miles driven in the UK is by an electric vehicle, according to new analysis. Motoring research charity the RAC has found that at the end of 2024, zero-emission cars – the vast ...

The first ever official UK coin to honour the Princess Royal has been unveiled in celebration of Anne’s 75th birthday and her “remarkable lifetime of service”. The Royal Mint’s commemorative £5 piece, ...

The Prime Minister said he is being kept up to date after a child died when a school coach carrying children and staff home from an end of term trip slid down a 20ft bank in Somerset. The coach was ...

Rightmove’s analysis indicates that coastal home buyers wanting to be able to see the sea face paying a price premium of nearly a third.

Temperatures are expected to remain high, topping 30C in parts of central and southern England on Friday, with high levels of humidity expected.