The Competition and Markets Authority said fuel margins remained higher than historic levels, and it remained concerned about weakened competition.

Estimates of migration to and from the UK typically undergo a number of revisions as more data becomes available, but the scale of the latest revisions – a jump of 166,000 in the total for the year to ...

The UK’s asylum system now costs £5 billion – the highest level of spending on record and up by more than a third in a year. Home Office spending on asylum rose by £1.43 billion, up 36% from £3.95 ...

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

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

THE Marine Lake in Weston-super-Mare will be closed temporarily next week. The lake will be closed from three days, starting from 8am on Monday, December 2. The marine is due to reopen on the morning ...

“While remaining high by historic standards, net migration is now beginning to fall and is provisionally down 20% in the 12 months to June 2024. Over that period we have seen a fall in immigration, ...

Somerset locals can sit down with a complimentary Christmas dinner, as well as pudding, tea and biscuits, and a round of bingo at the end.

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

A family from Weston-Super-Mare is urging people to get behind a Christmas giving campaign to help a charity which granted their daughter a ...

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 ...

Ikea has launched a pop-up shop on London’s Oxford Street dedicated to its blue carrier bag, as it hopes to attract shoppers ahead of the delayed opening of its new city centre store.