The latest S&P Global construction purchasing managers’ index (PMI) showed a reading of 47.9 last month, improving from 46.6 in April.

COLCHESTER United defender Kane Vincent-Young has been in international duty for Grenada. The 29-year-old helped the Spice Boys to a comfortable 6-0 victory over Bahamas in their World Cup qualifier, ...

Nato defence ministers are set to approve purchasing targets for stocking up on weapons and military equipment to better defend Europe, the Arctic and the North Atlantic, as part of a US push to ramp ...

Jamie Overton has returned to England’s Test squad for the first time in three years for the series opener against India as Jacob Bethell, Chris Woakes and Brydon Carse also return.

The figures come as the Government announced plans to expand free lunches to all pupils in families that claim universal credit from September 2026.

Severe storms in southern Germany forced a Ryanair flight to make an emergency landing late on Wednesday after violent turbulence injured nine people on board, German police said.

Voters in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse seat are electing a new MSP following the death earlier this year of Christina McKelvie.

Kieren Fallon has given his unequivocal support to Desert Flower’s Epsom ambitions, believing Betfred Oaks glory is a “foregone conclusion” – and would even back the 1000 Guineas heroine to make her ...

Kemi Badenoch is expected to set up a review that will look into whether the UK should withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights. The commission will examine whether Britain should pull ...

The UK’s headline inflation figure was 0.1 percentage points too high for April due to an error in the vehicle tax data collected, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said. Official data ...

A headteacher at a secondary school which faced backlash over plans to ban skirts says he has paused the move to allow for more feedback. Honywood School, in Westfield Drive, Coggeshall, announced ...