The yield on gilts is a proxy for the effective interest rate on public borrowing – meaning that rising yields equal higher borrowing costs.

The number of pupils in England off school without permission increased ahead of the Christmas holidays, figures suggest. Data from the Department for Education (DfE) shows that the unauthorised ...

The Prime Minister will be ‘guided by the victims’, his official spokesman said, following a Commons showdown over a new inquiry.

Lebanon’s parliament has voted to elect the country’s army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt ...

Plans for sanctions on the finances of people-smuggling networks will ‘prevent, combat, deter and disrupt irregular migration’, Mr Lammy said.

Slegers, previously an assistant under ex-Arsenal head coach Jonas Eidevall, remains in the interim role and will take charge when the Gunners host Bristol City in the FA Cup fourth round on Sunday.

Dame Imelda Staunton and her daughter Bessie Carter are to star opposite one another in a West End play. Bridgerton actor Bessie, 31, the only child of the Olivier award-winning star and Downton Abbey ...

Hundreds of schools have been closed across northern Scotland amid a weather warning for snow and ice which has been extended until Friday. The Met Office yellow weather warning covers Aberdeen, ...

Police are appealing for information after a man forced entry into Darlington Lidl on Yarm Road. The incident happened at 11:53pm on December 29 and the police have released a description to help ...

The national price of its traditional sausage roll has risen by 5p to £1.30, although this will vary in locations across the country.

Caroline Dubois is hoping to celebrate her birthday by knocking out Jessica Camara in her first WBC world-title defence in Sheffield on Saturday. Dubois, who is unbeaten in her 10 professional bouts, ...