This equates to around 5.4 million vapers and 4.9 million smokers, the ONS figures suggest. David Mais, from the ONS, said: “Interestingly, our 2024 data show that, for the first time, the number of ...

The company said its sales more than doubled following the launch of its Switch 2 console in June. Nintendo, based in Japan’s ancient capital of Kyoto, said its profit for the half-year totalled 198.9 ...

Scientists assessed the feasibility of injecting particles into the stratosphere to cool the Earth to help growing conditions for ‘luxury’ crops.

A new buzzword is hopping through HR and corporate circles: the ‘office frog’. The term has been coined to describe younger employees – particularly those of Gen Z – who move frequently from one job ...

Amber and her professional partner Nikita Kuzmin closed the show with a Viennese Waltz to I See Red by Everybody Loves an Outlaw for Halloween Week.

Britain’s long-term borrowing costs have edged lower after Chancellor Rachel Reeves reiterated an “ironclad” commitment to her fiscal rules, but the pound came under further pressure as she set the ...

The historic county school building was built in the early 1900s. It was later used as a Grwp Llandrillo Menai satellite campus before a new college was built. Located beside the Plas Arthur Leisure ...

Rachel Reeves put the country on notice that tax rises are coming in her Budget, saying “each of us must do our bit”. The Chancellor declined to recommit to Labour’s manifesto commitments not to raise ...

Associated British Foods announced a review of the structure of the group alongside its full-year financial results.

The oil giant reported third quarter underlying replacement cost profits of 2.21 billion US dollars (£1.68 billion), down 3 on a year earlier.

Search teams are digging through ice and snow on a mountain in Nepal in a bid to recover the bodies of seven climbers who were killed by an avalanche. The avalanche hit the base camp at Mount Yalung ...