Chris Walters, senior director for the price review, will take the helm from August 30, Ofwat announced on Thursday.

VJ Day on August 15 marks the anniversary of Japan’s surrender to the Allies following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

Manchester United are closing in on the signing of Benjamin Sesko after agreeing a deal worth up to £73.7million with RB Leipzig, the PA news agency understands. The talented 22-year-old striker has ...

Higher labour costs in the food industry and supermarkets have pushed up costs for shoppers, the Bank of England said.

An 81-year-old motorist pressed his accelerator pedal “in error” and hit a retired couple at high speed, an inquest has heard. Stephen Burch and Katherine Burch, both 65, had no time to react as ...

Captain Leah Williamson is joined by Lionesses team-mates Lucy Bronze, Chloe Kelly, Alessia Russo and Hannah Hampton.

Gabriella Hill, the great-granddaughter of Dawn Run’s owner Charmian Hill, could become a familiar face in Newmarket, as she ventures across the Irish Sea for her first taste of British racing’s ...

The first people have been charged with showing support for Palestine Action in England and Wales after the group was banned as a terror organisation, the Metropolitan Police said as the force ...

New runners are falling into common traps - and ending up injured or out of pocket as a result. A poll of 2,000 adults found 42 per cent have skipped a running warm-up or cool-down. While a third (32 ...

With the news that Taunton Poundland is closing, one of the workers said he knew that the store's closure was "on the cards" this week.

Dorothea Barron laid the first brick as her old barracks near Edinburgh which is being transformed into housing.

Jayon Riley, from Tottenham, north London, has denied attempted murder together with others and causing grievous bodily harm with intent to the girl.