ShareAction warned the banks they can expect to see shareholder action next year if they fail to meet investor expectations for greener practices.

Former Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf has announced he is stepping back from frontline politics and will not run for re-election as an MSP in 2026. Mr Yousaf said the “time is right for me to ...

Merope Mills, who lost her daughter Martha to sepsis in 2021, has called for the initiative to be rolled out nationally.

An explosive device planted close to a residential apartment block in Moscow has killed the head of Russia’s nuclear, biological and chemical defence forces, investigators said. Lieutenant General ...

Official figures show regular earnings growth jumped to 5.2 in the three months to October, up from 4.9 in the previous three months.

The head of Russia’s nuclear protection forces has been killed by a bomb in Moscow, Russian officials say. Igor Kirillov and his assistant were both killed early on Tuesday by an explosive device ...

Stevenage Garden Centre has donated a light-up reindeer to Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice. The donation is part of the centre's Christmas Magic community campaign. The campaign encouraged residents to ...

US authorities say the person they believe carried out a school shooting in Wisconsin which killed two other people was one of the school’s 15-year-old pupils. Wisconsin Police confirmed her identity ...

A lawyer defending rapper Jay-Z in his fight against rape allegations has outlined a range of evidence to prove accusations ...

Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother will be sentenced later for killing the 10-year-old after years of horrific abuse. Last week, Urfan Sharif, 42, and stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, were found guilty ...

Residents in parts of Surrey and south London have been told water supplies are “starting to return to normal” after a major fault at a water company’s treatment works. Sutton and East Surrey (SES) ...

The Environment Department and regulators have two months to confirm they will take required steps to remedy the situation – ...