Watchdog says banks will be able to respond to changing consumer demands, inflation and new technology ...

Attacks on South Pars and Ras Laffan, and Donald Trump’s threat to “massively blow up” the world’s largest gasfield, all hit markets ...

In the seven years since their last album, the Scots have faced down dementia and cancer. Now they’re returning with a visceral new sound – and eager to get back to globetrotting with the Cure ...

London mayor also says his party should make clear manifesto commitment on full membership in next parliament ...

Iran will ‘boycott the United States’ but ‘not the World Cup’, the Iranian football federation president, Mehdi Taj, has said ...

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Hundreds of students at University of Kent take up offer of meningitis B vaccination amid ‘very unusual outbreak’ ...

Taith programme, set up after UK’s post-Brexit withdrawal from Erasmus+, faces uncertain future over funding ...

Most dangerous offenders on probation will now be watched more closely than ever before, says government ...

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Hungarian PM, who is facing an upcoming election, appears in no mood to compromise as EU leaders meet in Brussels this morning ...

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