Oil prices have spiked as attacks on energy facilities in the Middle East have stepped up, heightening fears about major disruption to global supplies. The price of Brent crude oil was rising by about ...

The Office for National Statistics said regular earnings growth fell back to 3.8 in the three months to January.

The number of cases of meningitis linked to the Kent outbreak is likely to rise, a health leader has said, as experts look at whether the bacteria has become able to transmit more easily. Professor ...