Researchers say the white lines in the sky created by planes can double the amount of warming caused by aviation’s carbon emissions.

Homebase could be heading for a partial collapse, putting thousands of jobs at risk, amid reports that the chain has appointed insolvency experts with a potential buyer of parts of its 130-store ...

Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, made the admission under cross-examination as his wife Beinash Batool, 30, sobbed in the dock of the Old Bailey.

A policymaker at the Bank of England has said she will “move big” on interest rate cuts when it is clear that persistent pressures on UK inflation have been eliminated. Catherine Mann, an economist ...

Rory McIlroy admits his failure to win the US Open still “stings” as he bids to match Seve Ballesteros by winning a sixth Race to Dubai title. Thriston Lawrence is the only player who can prevent ...

There is no “tension” between plans to make savings from limiting winter fuel allowance to the poorest pensioners and more people taking up pension credit, Liz Kendall has signalled. The winter fuel ...

Actor Timothy West, known for many roles in television and the theatre, has died peacefully in his sleep aged 90 “with his friends and family at the end”, his family said.