The party of outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz will join a coalition led by Mr Merz’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), which ...

Universal Credit changes coming in to force today will see around 1.2 million of the poorest households – including 700,000 with children – will keep an extra £420 a year. The new Fair Repayment Rate ...

House prices dipped by 0.6% month on month on average in April according to an index – just as stamp duty discounts became less generous. Across the UK, the annual rate of house price growth slowed to ...

The president of the Miami Grand Prix says Formula One does not need any more races in the United States. Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium will on Sunday play host to the first of three events in the US this ...

Labour Party Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has announced plans to tackle the backlog of driving tests, with the aim of boosting numbers ...

White Lotus star Jason Isaacs, Stephen Fry, Richard Curtis, Aisling Bea, Carice Van Houten and Nabhaan Rizwan have jopined other well-known faces to sign a new petition asking the government to take ...

Discover the seven houseplants that will help cool your house down for free, including aloe vera and a spider plant.

Martin Lewis has issued three need-to-knows for anyone with a home insurance renewal due, for buildings or contents.

A POPULAR city centre club and bar has announced it is closing its doors “for good”. Roberts Bar and Club, in Vineyard Street, Colchester, was established in the 1980s and has been the site of many ...

Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman is the latest star to appear in a Warburtons advert, following Robert De Niro and Samuel L Jackson.

Barclays has revealed first-quarter earnings jumped by nearly a fifth, but set aside more cash for bad debts due to worries over the US economy and a mounting global trade war. The UK banking giant ...

Next Chapter is a domestic violence charity based in Colchester, and Rebecca wanted to fundraise for them after experiences she and other people in her life had of domestic violence. On Sunday, 35 ...