A solicitor raped a woman who was left saying "no this needs to stop", jurors have been told. The woman told Southampton Crown Court how she was left "pleading" with Christopher Rickard, 36, to stop ...

The latest poll found 63% of French people surveyed would support an independent Scotland joining the EU, with only 13% opposed. In Italy, 64% favour Scotland being allowed to join, with 11% against, ...

The FTSE 100 Index briefly rose above the record high, hitting 9,016.98 at one stage in morning trading on Tuesday.

Rachel Reeves has set out sweeping reforms to the UK’s finance industry in the hope of delivering much-needed economic growth. The Chancellor hopes the drive to cut red tape and increase innovation, ...

The broadcaster, 67, announced his diagnosis with stage four prostate cancer in June, saying he was ‘responding positively’ to treatment.

The clashes began with a series of tit-for-tat kidnappings and attacks between members of local Sunni Bedouin tribes and Druze armed factions.

A man has been charged with a series of indecent exposure incidents in a west Dorset seaside town. Police in Lyme Regis received three separate reports in April, May and June that a man had allegedly ...

The Bank also said it will push ahead with the majority of new capital rules at the start of 2027 but will delay part of the proposals.

The struggling utility tumbled to a £1.65 billion pre-tax loss for the year to March 31 from profits of £157 million the previous year.

An English backpacker accused of fatally crashing into a father-of-two while riding an e-scooter under the influence of alcohol has faced court in Western Australia. Alicia Kemp, 25, from Redditch, ...

The first pint has been served as locals pour into The Elm Tree Inn for its official opening since being saved ...

A long-lost railway line is set to return to public memory through film and photography. The Axminster to Lyme Regis railway, which closed in 1965, will be celebrated in a new project led by the ...