Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news ...

Halifax says cost of typical home fell by 0.1% in April, the second consecutive monthly drop, with pace of annual growth down from 0.8%. to 0.4% ...

Their microtonal rock has been a huge viral hit – but are they really 333-year-old aliens inspired by Borneo monkeys? The Quebecois duo tell all ...

Law says conviction of two men for spying raises serious concerns over how they accessed sensitive information ...

Patient remains in south Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, say health officials, as vessel heads to Tenerife ...

For nearly four decades, the artist Kermit Oswald lived with some of the most intimate works Haring ever made. Now the pieces are going up for auction ...

The US and Iran have offered conflicting messages over the likelihood of a deal being reached imminently ...

Starmer said he was 'not going to walk away and plunge country into chaos', after Labour suffered heavy early losses on Friday in local elections ...

Oxfordshire’s Ray Valley Solar already generates clean energy for 7,000 homes, and is now crowdfunding storage to marry daylight with evening demand ...

Two foreigners among the dead, say authorities, after early morning eruption that spewed ash miles into the air ...

The US said it carried out strikes on Iranian military targets after an attack on three American destroyers in the strait of Hormuz ...

The Women’s prize-shortlisted author on being obsessed with Judy Blume, hating Jane Austen at first, and the joys of Tove Jansson ...