Nationwide’s £2.9 billion takeover of rival Virgin Money has been approved by a judge. Lawyers for the lenders secured the sanctioning of the deal at a specialist companies court in London on Friday.

The government has been pressed to hold an independent inquiry into the murder of journalist Martin O’Hagan. Mr O’Hagan was killed by loyalist paramilitaries in Lurgan, Co Armagh in 2001. No-one has ...

The Justice for Harrods Survivors team said they are in possession of ‘credible evidence of abuse’ at businesses including Fulham Football Club.

More than 30 wedding dresses from the war years to the present day went on display to raise funds for an Oxfordshire church.

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has previously urged pensioners to check if they are eligible for the benefit.

The breakthrough could mean deep space exploration is no longer the stuff of sci-fi, according to University of Southampton engineers.

Russell Findlay, right, won the leadership in a contest with Murdo Fraser and Meghan Gallacher (Andrew Milligan/PA) He was also seen by some as the continuity candidate in the Tory leadership race, ...

Prime Minister Alexander De Croo’s speech was one of the most pointed ever directed at the pope during a foreign trip.

Russell Findlay has been elected as the new Scottish Conservative leader, winning a majority of votes in the first round. He secured 2,565 votes, the party’s returning officer Leonard Wallace ...

House sales were 5% higher in August than in the same month the previous year, according to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures. Across the UK, an estimated 90,210 homes were sold, marking a 5% ...

Mr Johnson writes in his forthcoming memoir that there was ‘a ridiculous business … when they made me try to persuade Harry to stay’.