The tie-up, announced in May, will create a banking giant with millions of customers and about £89 billion worth of assets.

Just 42,500 applications have been approved since July, when the Government said almost 900,000 households were missing out on the benefit.

Seven people have died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Indonesia’s Sumatra island, officials said, adding to ...

The radio presenter announced earlier this month that she was stepping down from hosting Radio 2’s Breakfast show after six years.

The US conservative political commentor Candace Owens has been refused a visa to enter New Zealand for a speaking engagement because she had been banned from another country, immigration officials ...

A police car has collided with an official limousine transporting New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister Nicola Willis. No-one was hurt in the incident, officials said.

Five people have been taken to hospital after a fire broke out at a takeaway restaurant and flats in north London. Around 100 firefighters were called to tackle the blaze on Seven Sisters Road in ...

Shoaib Bashir is still “learning on the job” as a Test spinner but believes the support of Ben Stokes is helping unlock his ...

A Swindon bus company has issued a warning to shoppers ahead of the Black Friday rush. Swindon's Bus Company is urging people to leave their cars at home and travel by bus instead, to avoid the ...

Russia is engaged in a massive missile and drone attack against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, officials said, as fears mount about Moscow’s intentions to devastate the country’s power generation ...

Around 100 firefighters were in attendance at the fire on Thursday morning at a takeaway restaurant in Holloway, north London. The London Fire Brigade said that half of the ground floor, as well as ...

The 21-year-old off spinner helped the tourists fight back as New Zealand reached 319 for eight on the opening day of the Test series.