Earlier this month, bosses at Petroineos confirmed the refinery will close in the second quarter of 2025, with the loss of 400 jobs.

Behind the scenes at the United Nations, insiders tell the BBC they don't see major change whoever wins the White House.

'Given the dire state of the public finances we have inherited, it’s right we target support to those who need it most'

Besides disclosing in their affidavits, candidates have to prominently declare criminal cases they are facing, if any, thrice in newspapers in print as well on television, he said, adding that political parties too have to publish within three days of nomination why a candidate with criminal background was selected. 'You (political parties) have to tell the public whether you did not get any (other) candidate and why was it necessary to select them (those with criminal background),' he said.

Rishi Sunak's Conservative party took £1.25million from Sir Len Blavatnik's firm before the election despite him being sanctioned by Ukraine in December

Exclusive: Simon Harris has pledged to work with the next US president to regularise the status of undocumented Irish people

Sharon Graham, general secretary of Unite, branded the planned closure of the refinery a “horrific act of industrial vandalism”.

Seven states had tried to get 11 citizen-led firearm referendums on the ballot this year, but all of them failed, according to Victoria Rose, who tracks the measures for the elections database Ballotpedia.

Nearly a quarter of voters who backed Boris Johnson in 2019 abandoned the Conservatives in July's General Election for Nigel Farage's Reform UK, an authoritative analysis has found.

Tory leadership contender sets out a "hard-nosed" immigration policy at the start of the party's conference.

Manfo Asiedu, who was arrested after the failed London bombings in 2005, was jailed for 33 years in 2007 after admitting conspiracy to cause explosions.

Ministers say James Cleverly is the candidate they do not want as the next Tory leader.

Winning the Labour leadership four years ago, Sir Keir Starmer pledged to abolish university tuition fees, but the Government are now expected to hike them by £1,000.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting is keen to bring in the streaming giant's experts to improve patients' experience of the health service, The Mail on Sunday understands.

Pembrokeshire Council opted for a 200 per cent increase from April this year - increasing the annual bill for the property she once described as her 'forever home' from £1,700 to more than £5,000.

Adam has been drinking cups of tea or orange juice secretly laced with drugs since 2021 to enable doctors to administer the AstraZeneca vaccine and boosters.

A new initiative is underway by European, Arab and Islamic nations to strengthen support for a Palestinian state and its institutions and prepare for a future after the war in Gaza and escalating conflict in Lebanon.

The government is preparing for up to 15 new charter schools to open early next year.

The government is preparing for up to 15 new charter schools to open early next year.

Peter and Florence Fanning are taking the Scottish and UK Governments to court in a bid to have the controversial cut reversed for 10 million people

'Disgusting, 'absolute disgrace', 'it wasn't done fairly' - pensioners in Sutton Coldfield, the area of Birmingham with the most winter fuel allowance recipients, react to news of its cutback

The number of pensioners receiving the winter fuel allowance across Birmingham is set to be slashed - with one area in the city having more than twice the number of OAPs receiving it compared to the area with the lowest

It is certainly not without it's issues but for many, Summerfield Park in Winson Green is a welcome green space

AS WE look around us at the things unfolding in the world, we are tempted to wish and pray it all away so that we can have happy, healthy, peaceful and abundant lives. The truth is though, that much of what we see was told to us in the Bible. God...

THE WORLD feels heavy these days. From the headlines we read, the conversations we overhear, and what we see in the streets – you don’t have to search far to feel it. A few days ago, I was out shopping for my family here in Jamaica when a man...

In Georgia, election workers will have to hand count the number of ballots cast after voting is completed. In North Carolina, some students and university staff can use their digital IDs to vote. In Wisconsin, ballot drop boxes are newly legal...

Dwayne Vaz is confident that he will regain the Westmoreland Central seat he lost in 2020 to George Wright when the next general election is called as the opposition People’s National Party (PNP) rebuilds its machinery in the parish. “I definitely...

Declaring that he has moved beyond the allegation that saw him resigning from the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) over three years ago, Westmoreland Central Member of Parliament (MP) George Wright is gearing up for the upcoming general election. However...

Manfo Asiedu was part of a plot to kill hundreds in London using homemade explosive devices that failed to detonate - he has now been released halfway through his 33-year sentence and deported

A resurfaced tweet has seen people desperately trying to figure out the answer to a puzzle aimed at six-year-olds - but can you manage to complete it in under 20 seconds?

A parent has been left baffled by a question from their six-year-old's homework, admitting it has "severely shaken" their self-esteem - and they're not alone

In addition to that, 68 people still remain missing, with 100 more sustaining injuries in the disaster.

Residents of Nepal's flood-hit capital returned to their mud-caked homes on Sunday to survey the wreckage of devastating floods that have killed at least 104 people across the Himalayan republic.

The DWP decision to cut the £300 allowances for all but the poorest pensioners has sparked controversy.

Former Labour government advisor and Sure Start director Naomi Eisenstadt recommended that parents consider one-to-one care for the first year of a child's life.

'The Abdullah family is the problem and facilitator of the instability that we are seeing in Kashmir.'

Locals are extremely concerned about their safety

As the Tories begin their party conference in Birmingham, two of the leadership contenders lay out their proposals on immigration.

Unite’s Scottish secretary Derek Thomson spoke to The Courier as the trade union met for its Scottish conference at Caird Hall.

The health secretary says Cosla had made a "pre-emptive" decision regarding the scheme.

Tories licking wounds after election hammering look to move forward with four hopefuls still in the running

Neil Gray insisted there was a need to “complete the job”, despite the local government body Cosla announcing last week that it could no longer back a Scottish Government Bill to set up such a service.