Purgatory News

Retailers have seen a small but positive increase in shoppers as the sunniest April on record enticed consumers into stores, figures suggest..

A zombie-knife attacker has been found guilty of slashing a man at Notting Hill Carnival..

The average homeowner on a tracker mortgage will see their monthly repayments fall by nearly £29, after the quarter-point snip to the Bank of England base rate..

Irish film star Barry Keoghan has said he met Sir Ringo Starr to study him ahead of the new Beatles films..

David Beckham and Gary Neville are part of a new ownership group at League Two club Salford..

The Bank of England has cut interest rates to its lowest level for two years as it warned that an escalating global trade war will drag on growth over the next three years..

Last month was the second hottest April on record with world temperatures remaining above the key 1.5C threshold for global warming, scientists have said..

The UKs National Wealth Fund and several banks are handing energy firm ScottishPower a £1.35 billion loan to upgrade the power grid between Scotland and England..

Donald Trump will on Thursday announce the US has reached a major trade deal with a highly respected country, the US president said..

The secret meeting to elect the leader of the worlds Catholics is set to begin, bringing with it the intrigue of an ancient system of anonymous voting in Vatican City..

Thousands of GCSE pupils will receive their exam results via an app this summer as part of a Government pilot to bring records into the 21st century..

New powers for judges to punish criminals who refuse to attend their sentencing hearings sends a clear message that offenders cannot opt out of justice, victims families have said..

India fired missiles across the border into Pakistani-controlled territory in at least three locations early on Wednesday, killing a child and wounding two other people, security officials said..

Police have named a 13-year-old boy who died after being pulled from a canal..

Friedrich Merz has finally succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round..

One of two former friends on trial for cutting down the famous Sycamore Gap sycamore has said he could not understand the huge outcry after it was felled, telling a court it was just a tree..

Kemi Badenoch insisted she was confident she would lead the Conservatives into the next general election following the partys drubbing last week..

The UK and India have sealed a free trade agreement, in a deal which is hoped will boost sectors hardest hit by Donald Trumps tariffs..

Lifelike and atmospheric portraits of the King and Queen commissioned to mark their coronation have been unveiled by the couple..

Real Madrid have made an initial approach to Liverpool over signing Trent Alexander-Arnold in time for the Club World Cup, the PA news agency understands..