The Co-op has confirmed job cuts as part amid a plan to save £200 million as it revealed widened losses following a tumultuous start to the year.

Scotland continues to have the highest drugs death rate in Europe, with the rate of deaths from drug poisoning said to be 2.4 times higher than it was in England, 1.6 times greater than in Northern ...

Three gunmen barged into a small house in an impoverished neighbourhood in South Africa and opened fire on a group enjoying a party inside, killing at least 11 people including a pregnant woman, ...

Boss Antonio Simoes told staff in an email on Wednesday that the company needs to ‘become a leaner organisation’.

Jap Car South apologised to ‘any members of the public’ who had been offended by the use of the word ‘Jap’ in its name.

Andy Burnham has stood by his warning that Britain should be less “in hock” to the bond markets, saying the country’s high level of borrowing has left it “over-exposed” to global shocks.

A possible bread shortage could occur thanks to around 60 Hovis workers going on strike this week, Unite Union has warned.

The US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) in Miami called Polo an “extremely dangerous” storm and forecast the system would turn sharply to the north-west before moving west-northwest over the next ...

The S&P Global flash UK composite purchasing managers’ index recorded a reading of 51.7 for September, down from 52.5 in August.

The sculpture on the banks of the River Lagan has become a tourist favourite but it was damaged at the weekend.

Earl Spencer has said he could write a “hit piece on the royal family” but said it was not a threat as he would not put pen to paper.

Hadi Alodid, 31, of Duncairn Avenue in Belfast, appeared before Belfast Magistrates’ Court by videolink on Wednesday.