Josh MartinBusiness reporterGetty ImagesRetail sales fell unexpectedly in November as Black Friday discounts failed to boost spending, official figures show.Supermarket sales fell for the fourth month in a row, ...

Helen BriggsEnvironment correspondentGettyThe Black Death fundamentally altered medieval societyA volcanic eruption around the year 1345 may have set off a chain reaction that unleashed Europe's deadliest pandemic, the Black ...

PacemakerThe Royal Black Institution traditionally brings the parading season to a close at the end of AugustThe Royal Black Institution is marking the finale of the parading season with ...

Getty ImagesLead singer Gerard Way in his signature Black Parade getup in 2006My Chemical Romance have announced a UK tour to celebrate 20 years of album The Black Parade. ...

Simon KennedyThe six-road junction at Bank was previously one of the most dangerous in London, but is now "people-friendly"Black cabs will be allowed to drive through Bank junction, in ...

Black Sabbath went out with a bang on Saturday night at what the band said would be its final gig. As they played one of their most-recognisable songs, Iron ...

The awards, to be held in October, are described as "long overdue" by artists and organisers. Source link

Pria Rai and Andrew RogersBBC NewsbeatWill FahyAbaka's novel Where Geezers Call Home has won the New Writers' PrizeWhen Abaka Debrah thinks about the future, he has one big mission ...

Meetings are being held with staff and unions amid concern that hundreds of jobs are under threat at Cardiff University.Academic departments have been summoned to briefings with managers with ...

Investigators have finished extracting data from one of the black boxes from the fated Jeju Air plane that crashed on Sunday, South Korea's transport ministry has said. The data ...

Getty ImagesJames Duncan and Fuhad Dawodu won a Mobo Award for their podcast earlier this yearAward-winning podcast duo James Duncan and Fuhad Dawodu have apologised for engaging with "racist ...

No 10 Downing StreetThe government has repeatedly claimed that it has inherited a previously undisclosed £22bn “black hole” in the nation's finances from the Conservatives.Ministers have used the figure ...