The average house price jumped by 0.4% or more than £1,000 in cash terms in July, Halifax has reported. Across the UK, the average property value in July was £298,237, up from £297,157 in June.

Just after midnight, goods from more than 60 countries and the European Union became subject to tariff rates of 10 or higher.

Because of record global heat in 2023 and 2024, the world is still going through its biggest – and fourth ever recorded – mass coral bleaching event on record, with heat stress hurting nearly 84% of ...

An emergency alert drill in a month’s time “will be one of the biggest public safety exercises” in UK history, a Cabinet minister has said. Pat McFadden said mobile phone alerts could save lives ...

Pictures show progress on a new leisure centre moving closer to completion. The construction of Epping's new energy-efficient leisure centre is almost complete. Roofing is 95 per cent finished, with ...

Plans to create an enclosed area for dogs in the cemetery where the creator of Paddington Bear is buried have been scrapped.

Conservationists say it is ‘a moment we’ve all been hoping for’ in efforts to reintroduce red-billed choughs to the county.

At least 38 Palestinians were killed overnight and into Wednesday in the Gaza Strip while seeking aid from United Nations ...

The Slovenia international, who scored 21 goals in 45 appearances in all competitions last term, has long been on the Red Devils’ radar, stretching back to when he moved from Domzale to RB Salzburg in ...

Bexley Council has been slammed for the “derisory amount” of affordable housing in its Bursted Wood scheme despite it being set to make ...

Chislehurst village hall is set to be demolished and rebuilt despite concerns that the new building will be one-storey taller.

Abacus Nursery, located in Southfleet Avenue, New Barn, had its registration suspended on July 23, 2025, following a series of inspections that raised serious concerns about safeguarding, staffing, ...