Revealed: The UK areas safest in a national catastrophe – and those most at risk

There is a growing expectation among senior Labour figures that drilling in the oil field will be given the green light.

Retailer’s management to seek two-week extension of legal protection from creditors in high court MPs have accused the owner of Poundland of extracting millions of pounds from the retailer when it was on a “knife-edge” as the budget retailer seeks extra time to secure a rescue deal. The management of Poundland, which employs 12,000 people and operates 600 stores in the UK and Ireland, will seek a two-week extension of legal protection from creditors from the high court on Thursday morning. Conti

Owners of Michelin-starred Veeraswamy say plans by the Crown Estate could force the historic restaurant from its Regent Street home after 100 years

Great Britain and Wales athlete Josh Griffiths was banned after returning a positive drugs test in May.