Met Police official Twitter page hacked

The Metropolitan Police official Twitter page appears to have been hacked.Late on Friday, a series of tweets were sent out calling for the release

Theresa May vows to remain loyal to her successor as prime minister

Theresa May has vowed to remain loyal to her successor as prime minister, as she prepares to step aside for either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt.The

Hunt ‘extremely concerned’ by seizure of oil tankers in Persian Gulf

Jeremy Hunt has said he is "extremely concerned" by the "unacceptable" seizure of oil tankers by Iranian authorities in the

Mini tornado hits Manchester area

A miniature tornado has swept through Greater Manchester, damaging buildings and cars and leaving debris strewn in its wake.The tornado hit areas

Man jailed for deliberately knocking down cyclist

A driver who deliberately drove into a cyclist, leaving him with broken ribs and a punctured lung, has been jailed for two years. The incident in

Hunt ‘extremely concerned’ by seizure of two oil tankers in Persian Gulf

Jeremy Hunt has said he is “extremely concerned” by the “unacceptable” seizure of two oil tankers by Iranian

Dovish Fed comments drive European markets higher

The London markets closed higher as dovish comments from the Federal Reserve helped to bolster the European markets.The FTSE 100 closed 15.61 points

Liberty London sold to new owners in £300m deal

Department store Liberty is to come under new ownership in a deal valuing the business at £300 million.Private equity firm Bluegem confirmed on

Competition watchdog warns packaging merger could hit prices

Officials at the competition watchdog have warned that the merger of two of the UK’s biggest food and drink packaging companies could lead

Tesco raises prices on more than 1,000 products in two weeks

Tesco has increased prices on more than 1,000 products in the past two weeks, including staples such as bananas, cheese, pasta and jam, new internal

Which banks’ apps have consumers voted best for features and usability?

Challenger banks Monzo and Starling have come top in a consumer survey of banking apps – leaving the more established brands lagging

UK budget deficit swells as June borrowing hits four-year high

Britain’s budget deficit swelled by more than expected last month, after the Government borrowed more than £7 billion to help balance the

Pro-Brexit group founder wins appeal against £20,000 EU referendum fine

The founder of pro-Brexit campaign group BeLeave has won his appeal against a £20,000 fine imposed by the Electoral Commission.Darren Grimes was

Duo to go on trial accused of Anna Soubry ‘Nazi’ jibe

Self-styled yellow vest protester James Goddard is due to go on trial accused of calling Remain-supporting MP Anna Soubry a

MPs back amendment which could thwart no-deal Brexit

MPs have defeated the Government on an amendment which could thwart efforts by the next prime minister to force through a no-deal Brexit. The

Scotland faces £200m budget cut as income tax generates £941m less than forecast

The Scottish Government’s budget will be cut by more than £200 million next year to help compensate for an income tax take of £941 million

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ‘shackled like caged animal’

A British-Iranian woman was “shackled like a caged animal” by Iranian authorities as they transferred her to a hospital mental

How would suspending Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit work?

Boris Johnson has repeatedly refused to rule out suspending Parliament in order to stop MPs blocking a no-deal Brexit.But his team have sought to

Woman who got postcard sent in 1993 tracks down sender

A woman who recently got a 1993 postcard in her mailbox has tracked down the man who sent it to his children more than two decades ago. Kim

Trump says he was unhappy with supporters chanting ‘send her back’

Donald Trump has said he was unhappy with his supporters chanting "send her back" after he criticised a young Democratic congresswoman

Dozens dead after Japanese animation studio hit by arson attack

A man screaming "you die!" has burst into an animation studio in Japan, doused it with a flammable liquid and set it on fire. A total of

Trump spoke with aides about squashing news stories, records show

Court records show that in the days leading up to the 2016 election, US President Donald Trump spoke with aides rushing to quash stories about

This eerie ghost town has houses shaped like UFOs

Any sci-fi nerd would love to live in these futuristic looking houses. Unfortunately, the whole place has been a ghost town since the 1970s.

Terrifying moment tourists are swept out to sea in Honolulu

A bystander captured terrifying footage of a couple who were swept out to sea at Lanai Lookout in Honolulu, Hawaii. Thankfully the pair were