Jeremy Hunt will hold talks on Wednesday with some of the pensions industry's top executives weeks before he unveils reforms aimed at jumpstarting retirement funds' investment in the UK economy.

A man has been arrested following the death of a woman in Aberdeenshire.

The leader of South Lanarkshire Council has been suspended for two months for disclosing confidential information to the media.

An investigation has been launched into BT after 999 stopped working for dozens of emergency services on Sunday morning.

A chess prodigy who launched a $100m (£89m) lawsuit against a grandmaster and the world's largest online chess platform after being accused of cheating has had his case dismissed.

A cruise passenger was rescued from the Caribbean sea after she fell from the ship's 10th deck.

England cricketer Jonny Bairstow carried a Just Stop Oil protester off the Lord's pitch after the group disrupted play on the first day of the second Ashes Test.

At least 11 people have been killed - including children - and 61 injured after a Russian missile struck a pizza restaurant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region.

Jeremy Hunt will hold talks on Wednesday with some of the pensions industry’s top executives weeks before he unveils reforms aimed at jumpstarting retirement funds’ investment in the UK economy.

Struggling households are being preyed on by loan sharks, new research has found.