Tomatoes could be engineered to be sweeter without sacrificing their size, research suggests. Experts said that most consumers prefer sweeter tomatoes and higher sugar content increases the value of ...

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes hopes new head coach Ruben Amorim can “change the energy” at the club. The Portugal international said he has also seen how his compatriot has kept faith with ...

Homebase has been sold to retail group CDS in a rescue deal securing up to 1,600 jobs and 70 stores but leaving the future of its remaining 2,000 workers and 49 shops unclear. The DIY retailer ...

A “fairytale” picnic cottage enjoyed by Queen Victoria on her visits to Balmoral has been saved from ruin by a conservation charity.

An 18-year-old man accused of killing three young girls in a knife attack at a dance class in Southport and producing the deadly toxin ricin will go on trial next year.

The UK Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius last month.

Sara Sharif’s father has confessed to killing the 10-year-old but insisted he did not mean to “harm” her when he bound and beat her with a cricket bat. Taxi driver Urfan Sharif, 42, had sought to ...

Sir Keir Starmer has said he was expecting to see Nigel Farage included in America’s immigration statistics, as he joked that the Reform UK leader was making a “rare appearance in Britain”.

Catherine Mann, an economist and member of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee, has not yet opted to reduce rates.

A woman who was with Nikita Hand in the hotel where she claims she was raped by Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor, has told a High Court she was “surprised” to learn of the alleged ...

The SpaceX and Tesla boss will jointly lead a new advisory panel with former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.

A tug capsized in less than 10 seconds with the loss of two lives because of a “breakdown of the systems that should have kept them safe”, marine investigators have found. The Biter capsized while ...