This year’s competition was marred by various problems, including a sharp-tongued scolding by a Thai organiser of Fatima Bosch Fernandez of Mexico.

The Office for Budget Responsibility also pointed to a worsening short-term picture for inflation and unemployment.

A Turkish-German family of four who died while on holiday in Istanbul were likely poisoned by gas emitted from a pesticide ...

Rachel Reeves’s second Budget as Chancellor has set the UK on a path towards levels of tax, spending and investment not seen for many years, according to the latest economic forecasts. Here the PA ...

Salary-sacrificed pension contributions above an annual £2,000 threshold will no longer be exempt from national insurance from April 2029.

The Roger Bannister 50p coin was sold for £483.63 on eBay. The coin was minted in 2004 to celebrate 50 years since Sir Roger Bannister ran a mile in under four minutes.

Capping salary sacrifice for pension saving has been described as ‘a short-sighted tax grab which will lower pension saving.’ ...

The abandonment of the Georgia case is the latest reflection of how Mr Trump has emerged largely unscathed from a spate of prosecutions.

Stormont Finance Minister John O’Dowd said Rachel Reeves’ spending plan ‘strengthened the need’ for fiscal devolution in Northern Ireland.