Ambassador Cruise Line, which commissioned the research, described grandparents as ‘the anchors of family units across the country’.

Academy Award-winning director Sir Sam Mendes has accepted an invitation to be the newest patron of Purbeck Film Festival, saying he is “delighted” to be involved. Members of the Fox acting family ...

A group of international scientists warned that several of Earth’s systems are rapidly approaching dangerous thresholds as temperatures rise.

Boothby Wildland, the first ‘landscape recovery’ scheme supported by the Government, aims to be an ‘exemplar’ in using private finance ...

Kemi Badenoch has written to Sir Keir Starmer asking him to address “unanswered questions” in Parliament over the collapse of a case against two alleged Chinese spies.

Rachel Reeves could raise tens of billions from tax reforms without breaking Labour’s manifesto pledges but must avoid “half-baked fixes” to Britain’s economic woes at the Budget, leading economists ...

British Gas has urged households to “prepare now” for the winter ahead of most people turning on their heating by the end of this month. The energy firm said more than 1.2 million customers called on ...

Lloyds is putting its chief executive and all top bosses through a six-month Cambridge artificial intelligence (AI) training course, as the bank puts its full weight behind the technology. Charlie ...

Revulsion with Westminster’s “race to the right” will push Scots towards independence, John Swinney will tell SNP members as he closes the party’s conference on Monday.

Property firm Hamptons said new landlords ‘have increasingly become an endangered species in markets across southern England’.

It is hoped it will allow medics to better understand how cancer cells are behaving before planning treatment.

The Prime Minister will join other world leaders at a summit marking the signing of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.