Most economists think the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee will cut interest rates by 0.25 percentage points to 4 on Thursday.

A man who has raised £100,000 for charity since his terminal cancer diagnosis is set to take on a 588-mile walking challenge. Paul Dennington’s “March Through Life” will see him stroll 588 miles over ...

Labour MP Sir Chris Bryant says he was sexually abused as a teenager by the head of the National Youth Theatre, Michael Croft. Sir Chris said Mr Croft, who died in 1986, had invited him to dinner ...

A surfing competition with a difference drew thousands of spectators to a beach near San Francisco, as dogs of all sizes took to the waves. Labs, terriers and spaniels were among dozens of dogs riding ...

Residents are being urged to stay inside and keep doors and windows closed while the fire service tackles a blaze at a farm near Claverham, ...

The closure will be in effect from Tuesday, August 12, and will affect the section outside property number five.

A six-month footpath closure is planned to allow resurfacing and improvement works. North Somerset Council will temporarily close two footpaths in Weston-super-Mare from Monday, September 29.

The plans, submitted by Mr Dan Stowell, include taking down the current single-storey rear extension and conservatory, and putting up a new one. The decision was made on Tuesday, July 22, and work ...

The application was received on Monday, July 21 and validated on Friday, July 25. A diseased and rotting Holy tree at 5 Tower Walk is set for removal. The application was received on Monday, July 21 ...

Rescue teams have found a body inside a section of a copper mine in Chile that collapsed two days earlier during a moderate earthquake, the mine’s director said on Saturday. Rescuers have been trying ...

A watchdog has appointed interim managers to take over the running of an animal charity linked to Boris Johnson’s wife. The Aspinall Foundation is facing an investigation by the Charity Commission ...

Lucy Hargreaves, 22, was asleep on the sofa when three men burst into her home in Walton, Liverpool, on August 3 2005 and fatally injured her.