The research from Scottish Widows highlighted several groups of people who may be at particular risk of falling short financially in retirement.

One of the UK’s most senior Catholic leaders has called on people to pray for himself and other cardinals as they embark on the secret voting process to elect a new pope.

Supermarkets, offices and shopping centres could be required to install solar panels over their car parks under plans being considered by the Government. The plan to create “solar carports” would ...

Eighteen-year-olds will be allowed to drive trains amid concerns over driver shortages. The minimum age to take on the role in Britain is to be lowered from 20, the Department for Transport (DfT) has ...

Exam certificates will go digital for some students this year as part of an Education Record app to be introduced by the Government.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council said responsibility for the accuracy of posts lies with users, platforms and regulators.

Two men have been arrested after a bank customer was stabbed to death in a city centre branch. A man in his 30s was attacked inside Lloyds Bank in St Peter’s Street, Derby, at around 2.35pm on Tuesday ...

Tom Berry was a teenager when he joined the Royal Navy as a radio operator on the Tribal-class destroyer HMS Tartar.

Treasury secretary Scott Bessent and trade representative Jamieson Greer will meet their counterparts in Geneva.

John Swinney has said it is a “huge privilege” to be First Minister, but accepted his rise to the top job in Scottish politics “wasn’t part of a well-crafted plan”. He said he had considered standing ...

Both of the most recent conclaves, in 2005 to elect Pope Benedict and 2013 to elect Pope Francis lasted just two days. This conclave could have begun on May 5, but the delayed starting date of May 7 ...

The Government’s aims for the NHS – to shift care from hospitals into the community and to prevent ill health – can be accelerated through better investment in mental health services, a report says.