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One of Britain's biggest high street bookmakers is to axe hundreds of jobs as it prepares to close more than 130 shops amid a deepening tax raid on the industry.

BP has placed its North Sea oil and gas business up for sale.

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been charged with multiple assaults on prison staff at HMP Belmarsh.

Sainsbury's has revealed it is selling Argos under a "business as usual" deal that will allow the company to concentrate on its core grocery business.

Apple has warned it is seeking alternative memory chip suppliers as "very significant" constraints threaten future sales of its key devices.

A man has been arrested in Cyprus as part of the first investigation using the National Security Act in relation to alleged offences in an overseas territory.

Apple has warned it is seeking alternative memory chip suppliers as "very significant" constraints threaten future sales of its key devices.

A renowned climber who served in the British military for 16 years is among 10 people missing after an avalanche struck one of the world's highest mountains.

A renowned climber who served in the British special forces is missing after an avalanche on one of the world's highest mountains.

A woman with advanced ovarian cancer has become the first patient in the world to receive a pioneering new therapy, in what is being hailed as a "landmark moment".

Spain and France's record-breaking wildfires were made more likely due to human-caused climate change, a group of scientists have found.

Two of the High Speed 2 (HS2) railway's most significant private sector deals have been renegotiated, the government will announce on Friday, as it tries to demonstrate that Britain's biggest infrastructure white elephant is finally under control.

An estimated £4million in cash and a kilo of cocaine was found at a south London property after police stopped a suspicious vehicle before making further searches at an address linked to the driver.

A Virgin Atlantic engineer died of a traumatic brain injury after an explosion as he worked inside a plane fuel tank, an inquest heard.

Watching Donald Trump's approach to Ukraine swing from support to public criticism and, at times, outright hostility, I couldn't help wondering whether Theresa May belongs to a different era of political leadership.

A man who gave his son the gun he used in a deadly high school shooting in Georgia has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

A Virgin Atlantic engineer died of a traumatic brain injury after an explosion as he worked inside a plane fuel tank, an inquest heard.

A man has died after getting into difficulty in the sea off Frinton, Essex Police have said.

European nations have agreed to boycott the World Cup if Gianni Infantino goes ahead with selling off part of the tournament to private investors.

Tributes have been paid to GB surfer Arran Strong after a search for the missing Briton off the Portuguese coast was called off.