Economy

A widower who was tricked into sending £85,000 to a woman who never existed said banks should do more to protect vulnerable people from scammers. Rodrick Lodge told the BBC …

A private school has announced it will close at the end of the school year due to the "financial burdens" imposed by the government. St George's Preparatory School in Boston, …

An appeals court has temporarily blocked a federal judge's order that directed the Trump administration to return control of California's National Guard troops back to the state. The appeals court's …

A statue of a writer who spent most of her adult life in West Dorset is set to be approved by a council. Sylvia Townsend Warner was a contemporary of …

A father whose 12-year-old son died following a cardiac arrest has been made an OBE after setting up a foundation which has saved more than 80 lives by providing defibrillators. …

A celebration is planned to "welcome back" swifts to Derby from their winter migration to southern Africa. Bells will ring out at St Luke's Church on Monday and Derby Cathedral …

An 81-year-old from Somerset who runs more than 50 miles (80km) a week has been selected to run Swansea Half Marathon for England. Peter Madelaine, from Wedmore, started running cross …

A specialist college says hands-on work experience is the best way to help students with additional educational needs find jobs. Derwen College's Gobowen campus in Shropshire has a student-run restaurant, …

Victims of forced adoption have gathered in Cornwall for a public event condemning the treatment of unmarried mothers in post-war Britain. They unveiled a plaque at Rosemundy House in St …

Three leisure centres will move towards going carbon neutral after a council secured a £2.8m government grant for upgrade work. Waterlane in Lowestoft, Deben in Woodbridge and Leiston Leisure Centre …