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

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

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, ...

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