Figures compiled by the Centre for Retail Research showed that a number of major chain collapses contributed to a 41 jump in job losses.

On January 1, the country will become the first in the EU to introduce a ban on health and environmental grounds.

Ninety-six people have been confirmed dead after a plane caught fire during a landing at an airport in South Korea. The National Fire Agency confirmed the death toll in the southern city of Maun. The ...

At least 124 people were killed when a passenger plane skidded off a runway at a South Korean airport, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into flames after its front landing gear apparently ...

Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister widely regarded as the architect of the country’s economic reform programme, ...

The National Fire Agency said the fire was almost put out and rescue officials were trying to remove passengers from the Jeju Air passenger plane at the airport in the southern ci ...

In Mississippi, one person died in Adams County and two people were injured in Franklin County, according to a spokesperson for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. The National Weather ...

Sunday’s newspaper front pages carry a wide range of political and entertainment stories. The Sunday Express says the UK has pledged £4.5 million to help prosecutors track down Russian soldiers ...

Dame Judi Dench has revealed the apple tree she planted in honour of her friend Dame Maggie Smith bore fruit on the day of the actress’s funeral. Oscar-winning actress Dame Maggie, known for prominent ...

A third person has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was hit by a car after an argument in a bar on Christmas Day. Police were called to reports of the disturbance outside The Gate ...

Lautaro Martinez ended a near two-month goal drought as Inter Milan closed to within one point of Serie A leaders Atalanta by sweeping aside Cagliari 3-0.

Cabinet minister Lucy Powell told the PA news agency that Westminster “definitely had a perception” of a poor working culture but a new cohort of MPs presents an “opportunity to establish better ...