The collapse follows several years of declining sales, mounting debts and even a break-in at its Wirral factory last year.

London 2012 rowing gold medallist Dame Katherine Grainger has been elected chair of the British Olympic Association (BOA). The 49-year-old, who is also a four-time Olympic silver medallist, becomes ...

The engagement process, which will form an 'integral part' of the replacement project, will ensure people's views are heard, the council said.

In the Commons, Gregory Campbell argued that ‘peace is welcome, but not people trying to turn peace into a victory parade’.

The family of teenager Jay Slater have turned off donations from a fundraising page set up after his disappearance in Tenerife, saying “our journey of trauma and grief will continue forever”. Mr ...

Daniel Khalife’s audacious escape from HMP Wandsworth in 2023 revealed significant problems with the prison system. But when the 23-year-old’s trial for spying charges began in October, a running ...

Nearly 25 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, according to development minister Anneliese Dodds.

A long-running battle over a controversial housing development on the outskirts of Ryde on the Isle of Wight is to continue, after campaigners won the right to a High Court appeal. Plans for the ...

Bulgarian nationals Katrin Ivanova, Vanya Gaberova and Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev allegedly carried out surveillance on ‘prominent’ individuals.

Gregg Wallace will step away from presenting MasterChef while complaints made to the BBC about historical allegations of misconduct are investigated.

At least 13 people have died in eastern Uganda after landslides buried 40 homes in six villages, officials said. The Uganda Red Cross Society said 13 bodies have been recovered and the rescue effort ...

Clothing retail giant Peacocks has returned to an Isle of Wight town centre after a near three year absence. The fashion chain has moved into the former Iceland store on South Street, Newport — just ...