After more than a year of sluggish growth, high inflation and rising interest rates, the unemployment rate is now rising. 

The schools minister has said he will look into concerns that last week's SATs exams were too difficult after claims that a paper left some Year 6 pupils in "tears".

At least six people have died in a fire at a four-storey hostel in New Zealand.

Public sector wage settlements are at their highest levels since 2003, according to official employment figures that also show a pick-up in the jobless rate.

Vodafone has announced a massive programme of job losses, that will impact its UK operations, in a bid to recover its financial performance.

At least six people have died in a fire at a four-storey hostel in New Zealand.

A driver pulled over for speeding tried to switch places with his dog to avoid arrest, according to police.

A man with a metal baseball bat has attacked two employees at a politician's office in the US.

The 76th Cannes Film Festival begins today, with the movie world's movers and shakers jetting into the French Riviera from around the world.

Rishi Sunak is calling for changes to international law that experts think his Illegal Migration Bill will break.