This equates to around 5.4 million vapers and 4.9 million smokers, the ONS figures suggest. David Mais, from the ONS, said: “Interestingly, our 2024 data show that, for the first time, the number of ...

This year's Christmas stamps have gone on sale, featuring scenes of the Nativity, as for the first festive season first class stamps ...

Residents of a Hampshire street have spoken of their shock after learning that a man charged with ten counts of attempted murder following a ...

Britain’s long-term borrowing costs have edged lower after Chancellor Rachel Reeves reiterated an “ironclad” commitment to her fiscal rules, but the pound came under further pressure as she set the ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the Budget would be focused on “getting inflation falling” and “creating the conditions for interest rate cuts” ...

Cold Weather Payment are a DWP scheme to help people with their heating bills when temperatures drop to zero, and it runs from November 1 each year.

A new buzzword is hopping through HR and corporate circles: the ‘office frog’. The term has been coined to describe younger employees – particularly those of Gen Z – who move frequently from one job ...

Rachel Reeves put the country on notice that tax rises are coming in her Budget, saying “each of us must do our bit”. The Chancellor declined to recommit to Labour’s manifesto commitments not to raise ...

Search teams are digging through ice and snow on a mountain in Nepal in a bid to recover the bodies of seven climbers who were killed by an avalanche. The avalanche hit the base camp at Mount Yalung ...

Associated British Foods announced a review of the structure of the group alongside its full-year financial results.

Clive Elliman, founder of Safe Seniors based in Andover, officially launched the business in June 2024, alongside his wife, who played a key role ...

Test Valley Borough Council’s climate change grant scheme is helping communities across the borough deliver sustainability projects, with ...