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A British hypersonic aviation campaign which has been hailed as a successor to Concorde is this weekend racing to avert collapse. Sky News has...

GE, one of the world’s best-known conglomerates has swooped to buy a British climate technology start-up in its quest to reduce the aviation industry’s...

The government’s plan to ban smoking in pub gardens and other outdoor venues is a “sensible approach” to help people stop, a minister has...

House prices are now growing at the fastest annual rate in nearly two years, the UK’s largest building society has said, with rises expected...

The government will not defend the legal challenges brought against plans to develop the UK’s largest untapped oil and gas field and a second...

Smoking could be banned in pub gardens, outdoor restaurants and outside stadiums, according to reports. The measures are currently being considered by ministers according...

The outlook for living standards for middle-income earners is “weak” beyond this financial year, according to an annual report by a thinktank released ahead...

Pavel Durov, the chief executive of Telegram, has been charged with allegedly allowing criminal activity on the messaging app. French judges have barred Mr...

US tech stocks are falling despite Nvidia, the chipmaker driving the artificial intelligence (AI) led stock market boom, reporting stronger than expected earnings. The...

The water industry has warned that firms will be unable to deliver reforms such as stopping sewage outflows without even greater bill rises, with...

Lego says a drive to remove fossil fuels from its bricks is making further progress but the alternatives, while better for the environment, are...

The water industry has said that without even greater water bill rises, the regulator is set for failure and firms will be unable to...

The chancellor has refused to rule out inheritance and capital gains tax rises after Sir Keir Starmer warned the autumn budget will be “painful”....

One in two LGBT+ employees are facing “shockingly high levels” of bullying and harassment at work, a survey has found.  A survey of 1,000...

The owner of Ted Baker will on Wednesday announce that it has struck a deal with an American group to re-establish an online presence...

Thousands of Next workers have won an equal pay claim against their employer. An employment tribunal said the mostly female sales consultant floor staff...

Shop prices have come down for the first time in nearly two years, according to industry data. Goods in UK shops cost 0.3% less...

Sir Keir Starmer will vow on Tuesday to “reverse a decade of decline” and to “fix the foundations” of the UK economy. Delivering a...

The arrest of the billionaire Telegram founder on French soil was not a political decision, the country’s president has said. Pavel Durov, who created...