The Queen has praised the “brilliant” efforts of health workers and other staff supporting sexual assault victims at a specialist centre she officially opened.

The typical borrower on a tracker deal will see their monthly payments decrease by £28.98 following Thursday’s base rate cut.

The Bank voted to reduce the cost of borrowing on Thursday, but slashed its growth forecasts for the UK economy.

The actor and comedian was caught travelling at 97mph on the M6 near Telford, Staffordshire, in July last year.

Around 250,000 20p coins minted in November 2008 are believed to have entered circulation with no date. And now one has sold on eBay, attracting a winning bid of £97, 485 times its face value. The 50 ...

EastEnders fans have gone wild after the BBC released a sneak peek promo picture for the 40th anniversary of the show.

Those covered in the 60-minute film include Olive Gordon, a 25-year-old hairdresser, and Greek shipping titan Minas Kulukundis.

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, wrote of an unspecified great matter of state said to bear directly on the Queen’s life.

The Bank of England have announced it is cutting the UK’s base interest rate to 4.5%. As a result, the cost of borrowing is expected to fall to its lowest point in more than 18 months. The base rate ...