However, new figures were stronger than expected by economists, who had predicted a reading of 51.2 for the latest month.

Harvey Willgoose, also 15, was stabbed in the heart during the lunch break at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield in February.

The 55-year-old star of BBC show The Repair Shop separately faces one charge of controlling or coercive behaviour.

UK Power Networks Services, which provides day-to-day work on defence related projects and military sites across Hampshire and Wiltshire, has extended its partnership with the Army Flying Museum in ...

A man has been charged with attempted murder following a knife attack outside an Aldi store in Southampton at the weekend ...

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The Home Secretary has refused to put a figure on the number of migrants the Government hopes to exchange with France for legal asylum seekers.

The group said it was now axing more than the 4,700 roles and 3,000 contactor cuts announced at the start of the year.

Airline Ryanair said it carried a record high number of passenger last month despite French air traffic control (ATC) strikes. The Dublin-based carrier announced 20.7 million passengers travelled on ...

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes has called for a change in how parents in Holyrood are supported after she announced her decision to stand down.

A group of young footballers couldn’t believe their luck when national football star Emile Heskey dropped by their summer camp to run a ...

The strike started at Boeing facilities in St Louis; St Charles, Missouri; and Mascoutah, Illinois, after about 3,200 local ...