PLUMES of thick black smoke can be seen across Southend seafront this afternoon amid reports of a "fire". Drivers on the seafront, near Three Shells Beach and the Zinnia restaurant, have shared ...

The Grangemouth refinery has now ceased processing crude oil, its owner Petroineos has confirmed. The industrial site in central Scotland was the last oil refinery operating north of the border. The ...

Twelve people were arrested during the operation in West Midlands, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire and Merseyside on Tuesday.

Parts of southern and central England are expected to see temperatures reach 26C on Tuesday, and they could climb to 30C on Thursday.

The Vivergo fuels site in Saltend, near Hull, swung to a loss in recent months after it cut production levels in light of low bioethanol prices.

The German sportswear giant said prices will rise in the face of cost increases from Donald Trump’s move to raise trade tariffs on goods into ...

A 38-year-old man suspected of carrying out a crossbow attack in Leeds has died, counter-terrorism police have said. Owen Lawrence, from Headingley, was taken to hospital on Saturday with a ...

With Arsenal having reached the last four in Europe’s premier club competition and Manchester United and Tottenham among the Europa League semi-finalists, as many as seven English clubs could rub ...

He has performed on Mock The Week, Live At The Apollo, Lee Mack’s All Star Cast and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow ...

Cabinet ministers have continued talks with the EU’s trade commissioner amid leaks of a mooted UK-EU agreement on “free and open trade” in the face of Donald Trump’s tariffs. Business Secretary ...

The 32-year-old all-rounder was the heartbeat of the team throughout Heather Knight’s nine-year stint at the helm.

Peters underwent numerous drug treatments and rounds of chemotherapy, and had tried experimental therapy to keep his blood cancer at bay.