A nine-year-old boy who got trapped between rocks at a New South Wales beach on Sunday has become the seventh person to drown in Australia over the Easter weekend.The ...

Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesA series of essential household bills are rising at the start of April, with warnings that single parents are among the hardest hit.Water bills, ...

Getty Images"Definitely not a Budget" is the basic message emerging from the Treasury about Wednesday's economic statement. There will not just be no red box outside Number 11, there ...

James PearsonBBC Political Reporter, Hereford & WorcesterBBCDirector Will Underwood, the sixth-generation at his family firm, said increased NI costs had led to it cutting back on investment plansChancellor Rachel ...

Thames Water has launched an appeal to allow it to increase bills by more than the regulator wants to permit.The UK's largest utility company is calling on the competition ...

Higher borrowing costs for the government may mean tax rises or spending cuts if it wants to stick to its own self-imposed rules, a leading economic think tank has ...

Getty ImagesUK pay after inflation has risen at its fastest rate for more than three years, driven by strong wage growth in the private sector.Pay packets increased on average ...

Borrowing costs for the UK government have plunged, as an unexpected drop in inflation at home and in core inflation in the US raised bets that central banks will ...

The number of people with flu in hospital in England has risen sharply over Christmas, NHS chiefs warn. The latest data shows there were 5,000 patients in hospital with ...

Getty ImagesThe UK inflation rate has gone up for the second month in a row, with prices rising at their fastest pace since March.Inflation hit 2.6% in the year ...

Electrical goods retailer Currys has said that some price increases will be "inevitable" after tax rises announced in the latest Budget.Currys boss Alex Baldock said the "unwelcome" tax changes ...

New Yorker Josh Kerben used to keep a careful eye on his petrol purchases, trying to stretch out his money by only partially filling the tank. These days, however, ...