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

ESSENTIAL repairs to the dam at Malham Tarn are taking place, requiring the partial closure of the Watersinks carpark.

Rupert Murdoch’s REA Group has made a fourth proposal to online property platform Rightmove. The Australian suitor, which is majority-owned by the tycoon’s News Corp group, said the latest approach is ...

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

TWO of the less popular dales lie off popular Wensleydale. They are quiet, traditional dales peppered by a few isolated farms and hamlets and separated by a large expanse of wild moorland. The walk ...

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, ...

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

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% ...

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

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

The storm made landfall in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm as forecasters warned it could create a ‘nightmare’ storm surge.