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Supermarket group Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, said Thursday that net profit gained in its first half as cost pressures eased for consumers and companies.

Britain agrees to cede Chagos Islands to Mauritius, allowing displaced residents to return while retaining control of Diego Garcia military base. Agreement...

McLaren’s incredible 1974 season, in which it won both the F1 title and Indianapolis 500, takes centre stage in this week’s Autosport magazine, out today (3 October).Winning the F1 world championship and the Indy 500 are two of the biggest achievements in motorsport and only a handful of teams and…

Labour’s squandering of its political capital has given hope to the right. But Britain’s voters want a leftwing agenda, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott

Escapist and trivialising solutions are the Johnson and Truss legacy – but that won’t do now. The stakes are too high, the world too volatile, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Researchers suggest stricter regulation as one in 10 people in Britain aged 16 or over now use e-cigarettes

ONE of the UK’s most wanted men who plotted to smuggle £76 million of cocaine into Britain from Ecuador in consignments of bananas has been…

James Stevenson, 59, known as The Iceman, pleaded guilty mid-trial at the High Court in Glasgow

Born in Jamaica, Mr Gardner settled in Britain in 1948 after distinguished Royal Air Force service