First-time buyers could be hit with nearly £30,000 in costs within the first three months of picking up their keys – as they shell out ...

British rock band The Who have announced their final tour of North America. The duo of Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend will perform hits from across their six-decade career during The Song Is Over ...

Higher education institutions have announced redundancies and course closures over the past year as a result of growing financial pressures.

High street banks Nationwide, Halifax, Virgin Money, and TSB have each announced further rate cuts in what has been described as "a Bank Holiday bonanza for borrowers". Following the 0.25% decrease in ...

On May 8 1945 the nation celebrated Victory in Europe (VE) Day, as church bells rang out across the country and people gathered to revel in the end of hostilities, and crowds famously gathered outside ...

A former Britain’s Got Talent finalist who landed a lucrative record deal with Simon Cowell has been cleared of raping two women. Andrew Johnston, 30, who competed as a singer on the television ...

All eyes are on Vatican City for the sign of a new pope, as cardinals processed into the Sistine Chapel to begin the secret ...

A team of National Lottery millionaires with a combined wealth of £115 million have helped build a commemorative pathway to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day at a support centre for veterans.

New Zealand is still one of a few countries in the world where sheep outnumber people, but the human population is catching up, according to official figures. The vast number of sheep in New Zealand ...

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Thousands of people will gather the streets of London as four days of commemorations to mark the end of the Second World War in Europe are set to begin. Send pictures and information to ...

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning, signalling a new pope has yet to be chosen. Cardinals resumed their voting in the secret conclave, having already failed to choose a ...