Thornberry defiant on Labour leadership hopes as GMB meets to decide nomination

Emily Thornberry said she would “frighten the life out of” Boris Johnson if she became the next Labour leader.In a pitch to

Network Rail investigated over poor performance

Network Rail is being investigated over its poor performance on routes used by train operators Northern and TransPennine Express.The Office of Rail

Unemployment remains at 45-year low as wage growth stalls

The number of people who are claiming unemployment benefit dropped by 7,000 to just below 1.31 million in the three months to November, according to

UK truck driver swerves off road to avoid head-on collision

This truck driver was lucky only to lose his wing mirror after narrowly avoiding a head-on collision with an overtaking van on a country road.

Mother suffering psychosis tried to kill newborn baby and husband in car crash

A woman who tried to kill her newborn baby and husband by driving their car into a wall has told how postpartum psychosis nearly destroyed their

Former England goalkeeper Shilton reveals decades of gambling addiction

Peter Shilton has revealed he spent 45 years as a gambling addict.The former goalkeeper, and England’s most capped male player,

Train and airport food business SSP cautious on travel disruption for year ahead

The owner of railway station and airport stalwarts including Upper Crust and Caffe Ritazza has confirmed that turbulence in the travel

TalkTalk sells fibre networks business to Cityfibre for £200m

TalkTalk has sold its fibre networks rollout business to Cityfibre for £200 million.The deal for Fibrenation was supposed to be completed last year,

EasyJet boosted by collapse of rival Thomas Cook

EasyJet flew high in the last quarter of 2019 partly on the coattails of Thomas Cook’s collapse as the business upped its revenue

Aldi to raise staff wages to £9.40 an hour

Aldi has announced plans to increase its pay for staff in stores by just over 3%, making it one of the best-paying supermarkets in the UK.The

Dixon Carphone enjoys Christmas electricals boost but mobile sales disappoint

Dixons Carphone had a mixed Christmas, with its electricals division holding up well in difficult conditions but its mobile phone business

Facebook to create 1,000 jobs in UK by end of 2020

Facebook plans to hire 1,000 more people in the UK by the end of 2020, with a large number working on technologies to remove harmful content.The

Ofsted warns minority of schools ‘gaming’ the education system

A minority of schools are still gaming the system and putting their own interests above that of students, Ofsted has warned.The watchdog has raised

Sinn Fein write to Virgin Media after second debate exclusion

Broadcasters have been criticised after it was announced Leo Varadkar and Micheal Martin will go head to head in a second televised debate, in the

Labour leadership hopeful Phillips insists she is not an ‘uber Remainer’

Labour leadership contender Jess Phillips has insisted she has no plans for the UK to rejoin the EU after Brexit and is not an “uber

Why is the Dissolution Honours List controversial?

Jeremy Corbyn’s reported nominations for the Dissolution Honours List have raised eyebrows for including ex-Commons Speaker John

EU politicians form ‘friendship group’ to build closer UK links ahead of Brexit

A “friendship group” has been set up by Members of the European Parliament, aiming to forge closer links with the UK as it

Labour in Scotland will decide indyref2 stance, leadership candidates warned

Richard Leonard has told Labour leadership contenders that the Scottish party will decide the position on independence.Mr Leonard told the PA news

Dentist filmed riding hoverboard found guilty

The Alaska dentist who was filmed riding a hoverboard while pulling a patient's tooth has been found guilty of multiple counts of fraud. A

British tourist struck down by mystery bug 'feared to be coronavirus'

A British tourist is feared to to be the first western victim of the pneumonia-like coronavirus, sweeping China. Ash Shorley, 32, is fighting for

Theme park in China faces backlash after forcing pig to bungee jump

A theme park in Chongqing, China, has sparked outrage after footage filmed at the resort showed a cape-wearing pig being forced to bungee jump off

Sharp rise in number of viral pneumonia cases in China

More than 100 new cases of viral pneumonia have been reported in China with the death toll from the infection increasing to three. The new cases

Car sandwiched between two trucks in Australia

Dashcam footage captured the startling moment a car was sandwiched between two trucks in Queensland, Australia on January 7, coming close to

Woman pleads guilty to poisoning husband with eye drops

A South Carolina woman pleaded guilty to fatally poisoning her husband by putting eye drops into his water for days. She was sentenced to 25