Wicked and Charlie And The Chocolate Factory were among the inspirations for some of this year’s World Book Day costumes. The international event, now in its 28th year, celebrates reading and books.

An NHS trust is investigating claims that healthcare staff illegally accessed medical records belonging to the Nottingham attack victims. The medical director at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS ...

Walgreens Boots Alliance is to be acquired by Sycamore Partners as it looks to turn itself around after years of losing money.

Donald Trump launched a new trade war on Tuesday by imposing tariffs against Washington’s three biggest trading partners.

A protest has been held outside BBC headquarters after it emerged that a documentary on Gaza featured the son of a senior Hamas figure. Demonstrators chanted, waved flags and listened to speeches from ...

Entrepreneur Sara Davies has announced she will step away from filming Dragons’ Den “for now” to focus on her own business. The TV presenter, author and businesswoman joined the BBC show in 2019, then ...

US President Donald Trump has postponed 25% tariffs on many imports from Mexico and some imports from Canada for a month amid widespread fears of the economic fallout from a broader trade war.

Donations are used to create plasma-derived medicines to treat conditions such as immune deficiencies, bleeding disorders and severe burns.

Officials from around 20 largely European and Commonwealth countries took part in the latest talks about a peacekeeping ...

Ben Cottam, from Exeter in south-west England, has been based in northern France for the last eight months cooking for ...

The message was the first public sign of life from the 88-year-old pope since he was admitted to hospital three weeks ago with double pneumonia.

Tributes have been paid to “the most beautiful” four-year-old girl who died in a house fire in Manchester. Lesma-Rose Wibier was pulled from the blaze at the property on Gateshead Close, Rusholme, on ...