AN Easter Ross garden centre could be set for expansion, after a proposal submitted to the Highland Council. Ian Downes of ...

A couple years back, “black timber on the outside” felt like something you’d only spot in a glossy architecture mag. Now? You ...

October figure from ONS suggests employers laid off workers, as earnings growth excluding bonuses fell Young people hit hard as UK unemployment marches upwards Business live – latest updates The rate ...

The new head of Britain’s foreign intelligence service MI6 has warned the nation in her first public speech that the UK is “now operating in a space between peace and war” and “the front line is ...

The UK government is said to be "rapidly developing" plans to prepare for the possible outbreak of war as tensions rise in the Ukraine-Russia conflict. The European Union has decided to indefinitely ...

The U.K. economy unexpectedly shrank in the three months to October, new official figures show. It contracted 0.1% as services output stalled, construction output fell 0.3% and production output fell ...

The UK is "rapidly developing" plans to prepare the whole country for the possible outbreak of war, the armed forces minister has said. Underlining the role civilians would have to play in a major ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Figure of 204,000 in 12 months to June 2025 is lowest since 2021, statistics body says Net migration to the UK has fallen by more than two-thirds to 204,000 in a single year, the lowest annual figure ...

Kylie is the Global Live Pages Editor, leading a team providing real-time multimedia coverage of the biggest breaking stories worldwide. She previously worked on the UK Breaking News team, and spent ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

There were 257,000 British nationals who left the country in the year ending December 2024, compared with the previous estimate of just 77,000. The numbers were revised on Tuesday after the Office for ...