United Arab Emirates-based Esyasoft has been given a further deadline of January 20 to state whether it will make an offer for the energy firm.

Leading emergency doctors have raised the alarm over a popular toy which could be given to children over Christmas. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has issued a “safety flash” over ...

Honda and Nissan have announced plans to join forces, forming the world’s third-largest car maker by sales. The two Japanese companies said they had signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday and ...

A man has been charged after a double decker bus hit a railway bridge, leaving its roof torn off. Eight people were taken to hospital following the incident on Culzean Crescent in Kilmarnock, East ...

Aviva has agreed a deal to buy rival insurer Direct Line in a £3.7 billion swoop. The FTSE 100 insurer is set to purchase its smaller competitor after a £3.3 billion was bid turned down in November.

The cause of death of a baby found in a field is still unknown a month after she was discovered, police have said. The infant, named as Ava, was found by a dog walker near Ashtons Field in Salford, ...

The six-month-old underwent a life-saving operation after he swallowed the netting from a beef joint last year.

Santander has issued a fraud warning to British customers this Christmas after millions of pounds were lost last year.

The man accused of fatally shooting the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare is expected to be arraigned in a Manhattan court on murder and terror charges on Monday. Luigi Mangione, 26, was formally ...

Revised figures from the Office for National Statistics reduced previous estimates of 0.1 growth between July and September.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said she will “earn the trust of the British people” and will release policies as “it’s thought through”. Mrs Badenoch told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that ...

King said he decided to make a documentary on the day, after celebrating the 32nd anniversary of their friendship and 23 years working together.