british bootmaker says it does not expect to increase prices this year as it reports poor US sales

International Paper settles all-share deal after tussle with british rival Mondi

Blackstone’s plans for data centre unlikely to generate thousands of jobs failed startup promised with Northumberland battery plant

Flood and frozen pipe damage caused by series of storms, says Association of british Insurers

Families of those who helped british forces could be deported from Pakistan despite promise to resettle them in UK

Exclusive: contaminated blood campaigners say internal 1976 Immuno AG document proves british government negligence

Fighter jets and interceptors shoot down incoming drones and missiles over Jordan, Syria and Iraq

The schemes must be voted on before introduction, but some say councils can in effect force local employers to fund them

The 23-year-old was killed in an accident near the busy resort of Adeje

Sonia, 72, a retired civil servant, meets Stefan, 70, a software engineer

A prominent british-Palestinian surgeon who volunteered in Gaza hospitals during the first weeks of the Israel-Hamas war says he has been denied entry to Germany to take part in a pro-Palestinian conference

Editorial: Belated progress is being made towards a formal trade and border deal for the british overseas territory, in which 96% voted remain

Exclusive: Police officers on speedboat ‘circled the cruise ship’ as passengers quizzed over incorrect visas

Former glamour model admits drunk and disorderly behaviour on BA flight to Munich

UK vineyards are sprouting as far north as Yorkshire and Scotland as investors cash in on tax breaks and hotter summers

She had to go her own way to get her 90s indie-infused drum’n’bass bangers heard. Now, after opening for Beyoncé, the performer is about to release her first album, a ‘quintessentially british record’

A new british military laser could be rushed on to the front line in Ukraine to take down Russian drones, Grant Shapps has suggested. The DragonFire weapon, which is expected to be ready for deployment by 2027 at the latest, could have “huge ram ...

The DragonFire system uses a beam to hit and destroy targets at the speed of light

Stef Reid has accused the sportswear brand of not meeting the inclusivity values it promotes by not selling shoes individually

No 10’s meddling is corrupting the integrity of public postings, and turning institutions into political pawns, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins