The UK’s services sector shrank last month for the first time since October 2023 as concerns over trade tensions weighed on firms, according to new figures. Service sector companies reported their ...

A NEW doggy business is set to open its doors in Prestwick this week. The Dog Deli will set up shop at 166 Main Street, in the space formerly occupied by the Petal Faced Gypsy Tattoo Studio. Owner ...

Police have launched a speeding crackdown on a major Ayrshire road as thousands of bikers expected to head for a Scottish ferry port.

The by-election held in Amesbury’s former seat in Runcorn and Helsby was won by Reform by just six votes last week.

Pro-Palestinian groups campaigned for venues to cancel the dates, claiming the performances ‘would have whitewashed’ the war in the Gaza Strip.

Friedrich Merz’s bid to become Germany’s 10th chancellor has failed in the first round of voting in parliament by six votes. Mr Merz, the conservative leader, was expected to win the vote on Tuesday.

Mr Merz seeks to take the helm of the European Union’ s most populous member after outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government collapsed ...

Food delivery giant Deliveroo has agreed to a takeover by its US rival DoorDash in a deal worth around £2.9 billion.

NHS documents “have to speak plain English”, the Health Secretary said as he stressed that women should not be “excluded or erased” for the NHS to be “trans inclusive”. Wes Streeting said he does not ...

Associated British Foods said its Allied Bakeries business ‘continues to face a very challenging market’ and that it is in talks with ...

Calls have been made for a probe into the awarding of contracts by South Ayrshire Council amid turmoil at the local authority.

The second document in the cache is a letter written and signed by then-GC&CS (GCHQ) director Sir Edward Travis to his staff, stating that “no congratulatory, greetings or other Victory telegrams will ...