Kwasi Kwarteng, the business secretary, is continuing a shake-up of the UK's audit watchdog with the appointment of four new directors as it prepares to become a statutory regulator.

The energy regulator has told MPs that it estimated around £200m in household credit balances was lost through the failures of energy companies over the past year - with up to £10 set to be added to rocketing bills as a result.

One is famous for its soliloquies, tragedy and love; the other for dancing teenagers, but in an unlikely-sounding alliance, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is teaming up with TikTok to reach the next generation of theatre audiences.

Moscow has denied claims from Paris that it pledged not to stage new military manoeuvres near the border with Ukraine for the time being.

Kwasi Kwarteng, the business secretary, is continuing a shake-up of the UK's audit watchdog with the appointment of four new directors as it prepares to become a statutory regulator.

Mankind has taken another step in its unprecedented task of bringing Martian rock, sediment and atmospheric samples to Earth for analysis.

Camilla has made her first public appearance since the Queen announced the duchess would be known as the Queen Consort.

The Royal Ulster Constabulary engaged in "collusive behaviours" and used known murderers as informants during a period of loyalist paramilitary killings in the 1990s, a major report has found.

The former host of University Challenge Bamber Gascoigne has died aged 87, his representative has said.

Formula 1 boss Stefano Domenicali has revealed to Sky Sports that the sport will be shifting its anti-racism focus in 2022 amid the push for more diversity, insisting it is now time for "action" rather than "gestures".