The World Cup and the summer heatwave kept British shoppers away from the high street last month, despite encouraging stronger sales of food, drink and barbecues across the country. Revealing a surprise fall in retail sales in June, the Office for...

Comcast has pulled out of its pursuit of 21st Century Fox, turning its focus to trumping Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to take full control of Sky. The US media and cable company’s decision to end its battle with...

Britain crashing out of the EU without a deal would inflict significant economic pain across Europe leaving the region without any winners, the International Monetary Fund has warned. Staging an intervention as the new Brexit secretary, Dominic Raab warned...

A pair of Regency homes in the Irish capital were restored and transformed – but they still have a tale to tell… Behind every historic facade lurks a tale of social and economic upheaval. Take those...

By Simon Jenkins Now they are talking car crashes. From Brussels comes Project Fear Mk II, a “preparedness” guide for Europe if there is no deal on Brexit. It is Brussels-speak for a terrorism red alert. It covers such...

The rapper fell for Britain after a UK tour that saw him buying Winnie-the-Pooh books. And, by unselfishly giving a global platform to British artists, he has found that respect returned. ‘You know I’ve applied for...

Remarkable footage has been released of an uncontacted indigenous manwho has lived alone in an Amazon forest for at least 22 years. Semi-naked and swinging an axe vigorously as he fells a tree, the man, believed to...

The EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has welcomed Dominic Raab to Brussels with a thinly veiled critique of Theresa May’s Chequers plan and a 13-week deadline in which to solve the problem of the Irish border. Appearing with...

The White House was under growing pressure on Thursday to provide a full account of Donald Trump’s private talks earlier this week with Vladimir Putin, as Russian officials spoke of “important verbal agreements” made. As some Democrats...

Taylor Swift may be best known for her impressive music career, though with eight homes across four states she may be adding “real estate mogul” to her repertoire pretty soon. The 28-year-old superstar is reported to...