National Trading Standards said it blocked almost 21 million scam phone calls and shut down 2,000 numbers in a six-month period.

MPs approved the release of documents relating to Lord Mandelson’s appointment as British ambassador to the United States on Wednesday.

Most of the BBC’s flagship radio breakfast shows saw a jump in listeners at the end of last year, figures show. Audiences for Greg James on Radio 1, Scott Mills on Radio 2 and the breakfast programmes ...

The King has announced a Scottish bank holiday will be held on June 15 to mark the nation’s return to the football World Cup. Scotland was last in the World Cup in 1998, and the declaration from ...