The British endurance swimmer says ‘I’m frightened of sharks but I’m really frightened of a world without sharks’ ahead of his latest swim.

The banking giant is now set to become fully private almost 17 years after receiving a state bailout during the 2008 financial crisis.

Transport minister Mike Kane said the Government wants to ‘maximise the benefits of future flight technologies including flying taxis’.

The announcement comes in the same week that the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats passed 12,000 for the year.

The US president had pressed for the Russian and Ukrainian leaders to meet in the Turkish capital on Thursday.

ITV is bracing for a double-digit plunge in advertising revenues after last year was boosted by the Euros football tournament, but said it does not expect its production arm to be hit by US President ...

The NHS waiting list for hospital treatment in England has risen for the first time in seven months. New figures show an estimated 7.42 million treatments were waiting to be carried out at the end of ...

The Gambling Commission said the firm did not appropriately engage with a customer who hit a daily deposit limit of £3,340 12 times in 14 days.

Researchers believe climate change may cause the death of large trees and reduce the area’s ability to act as a carbon sink.

The US president sanctioned the court after a panel of ICC judges issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in November.

Gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.7 between January and March, the Office for National Statistics said.

Unite said the action would directly affect Scottish Water’s ability to respond to water leakages, flooding, pollution, and quality concerns.