Starbucks plans to lay off 1,100 corporate employees globally as new chairman and CEO Brian Niccol streamlines operations. In a letter to employees released on Monday, Mr Niccol said the company will ...

Sir Keir Starmer has promised sweeping sanctions to put economic pressure on Russia and get Vladimir Putin “not just to talk, but to make concessions”. A new package of sanctions will go after ...

Rocks and a scooter have been thrown at trains in a spate of “incredibly dangerous” attacks from a bridge above a 120mph railway line, an operator said. The first recorded incident resulted in a train ...

People in the UK will now be able to use their Apple AirPods Pro as hearing aids. A free software update to the AirPods Pro 2, the most recent version of Apple’s earphones, has been launched that ...

Friedrich Merz, who is set to become the new German chancellor, has vowed to prioritise European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and Russia’s war on ...

Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis presented a Screen Actors Guild award (SAG) to Irish actor Colin Farrell, jokingly saying he “gave” her Covid. Farrell, 48, won the outstanding performance by a male ...

The Runcorn and Helsby MP, who has been sitting as an independent since he was suspended following his arrest in October last year, is due to appear at Chester Magistrates’ Court on Monday. He pleaded ...

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to join world leaders in a call hosted by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion as the UK announces toughened measures ...

Waspi campaigners have threatened the Government with legal action unless it reconsiders the decision to reject compensation for millions of women affected by changes to the state pension age. A ...

Small Town, Big Story creator Chris O’Dowd has said the show’s filming locations were given an “emotional boost” by the programme. The upcoming six-part Sky series is set in the fictional Irish town ...

The AA plans to launch instant access savings accounts from the end of March, closely followed by personal loans, as part of a partnership with NatWest Boxed. The partnership will enable the AA to ...

Lecturers and other staff at the University of Dundee are beginning 15 days of strike action over a potential £30 million deficit and the threat of job cuts including compulsory redundancies.