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 ...

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

Road signs in one of the rudest-named streets in the UK have had to be secured with concrete to stop tourists stealing them, but residents are “very proud” to live there, the town mayor has said.

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry has heard evidence about more than 20 “key individuals” identified as part of investigations into the atrocity. Several of those named have terrorist convictions or have been ...

Maree Todd said the Scottish Government must work ‘harder and faster’ amid the flood of power synthetic drugs.

The retailer’s Christmas shops are now running across all of its stores, selling trees, lights and tableware to decorations, gifts and wrapping.

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, ...

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.

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.

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