Close Brothers is speeding up cost cutting to help narrow losses after setting aside another £30 million to cover mounting costs of the motor finance scandal. The banking group confirmed its total ...

A heatwave has gripped large parts of India with roads and markets emptying during afternoons and some farmers switching to ...

The building society made a pre-tax profit of £1.49 billion for the year to the end of March, down from the £2.3 billion it made last year.

BT has revealed aims to cut costs by a further £700 million over the next four years as it reported flat full-year earnings and falling revenues. The telecoms giant said it was upping its cost saving ...

The oldest bridge in Paris has begun to vanish as the artist JR – who is known as the “French Banksy” – began inflating a ...

The group reported a half-year pre-tax loss of £552 million, which is in line with the range it gave in a trading update in April.

Former health secretary Wes Streeting has set out plans for a wealth tax that would see capital gains tax equalised with income tax. Mr Streeting, who had made clear he intends to stand in any ...

Sarah Egan, of Albert Road in Widnes, has been charged with sexual assault of a woman and assault by beating. The 36-year-old is alleged to have committed both offences in Widnes last autumn. The ...

A SUSPECT has been named by the courts after being charged with causing serious injury in a crash on Speke Road in Widnes.

THE inquest into the death of a dad killed in a crash in Runcorn has been further adjourned. Liam Lingham was riding an electric bike on Halton Lodge Avenue in Runcorn on October 27, when he was ...

Aldi invites shoppers to suggest new store locations across Cheshire as part of its £370 million UK expansion drive.

In the Commons on Thursday, Ms Reeves will give details of policies to tackle the cost-of-living squeeze triggered by Donald Trump’s war in the Middle East but is not expected t ...