Fintech Zilch, which has been named one of the fastest-growing in the UK, said it means more of its customers can make payments in stores.

Cancer Research UK warned that, despite improvement in overall survival, many more people are being diagnosed with cancer compared with 50 years ago.

The discovery of the wild-grown seedling marks success for efforts to bring the incredibly rare species back from the brink of extinction.

Analysis of stop and search data showed a child aged just 10 was among those found with a knife or pointed weapon by Police Scotland last year.

Councils will put strict requirements in place before ‘socially necessary’ routes can be changed or cancelled, the Department for Transport said.

There have been more than 70 attacks and death threats against journalists in Northern Ireland over the last six years, a report by Amnesty International has found. The region has been described as ...

The changes are mainly due to reduced energy costs and some small spending adjustments by research participants, the PLSA said.

Ministers are being pressured to take urgent action over illegal so-called ghost number plates. The plates have a reflective coating, which prevents them from being identified by police cameras.

Talking to passengers and daydreaming are bigger causes of distracted driving mistakes than using a phone, a new survey suggests. The RAC, which commissioned the poll, warned that distractions can ...

Researchers found hopeful people tended to fare better, had greater levels of self-care and were less likely to skip taking their medication.