Some recent trends could help to restore household confidence and ease affordability constraints, the building society said.

It said trading has been ‘resilient’ over the latest quarter despite ‘challenging’ retail conditions in most markets.

The retailer now expects underlying profits for the year to the end of September to be above £6.5 million, against £9.2 million the previous year.

Brands such as Currys, Argos and Halfords, as well as online giant Amazon, used marketing pitches about ‘long distanced ...

The presumptive prime minister will have to identify an extra tranche of funding for defence in his first budget.

Forest Green Rovers (FGR) announced the closure of its women’s team in order to 'concentrate its resources and efforts' elsewhere, ending support for senior women’s football a ...

A jury has deliberated for around an hour in the trial of a man accused of attempting to murder three children in Dublin in ...