Boohoo chair Tim Morris said Mr Ashley is ‘not appropriate’ for a board seat because of ‘obvious conflict points’.

The population of the fish, which can grow up to 10ft long, has plummeted in recent decades through overfishing and other human actions.

Japan’s Fisheries Agency this year added fin whales to its list of three whale species that can be legally hunted.

The watchdog said Royal Mail’s poor performance is ‘eroding public trust’ in the institution, after also fining it last year.

Russia has launched a massive aerial attack on Ukraine, involving dozens of cruise missiles and drones. The Russian military targeted the Ukrainian power grid, energy minister Herman Halushchenko ...

The UK economy unexpectedly declined in October, as a weak month for pubs and restaurants dragged on growth amid some uncertainty ahead of the autumn Budget. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) ...

The hub in Darwen, Lancashire, enables customers of different banks to carry out transactions in a single space.

Lincolnshire’s Chief Constable Paul Gibson has followed his Metropolitan Police and Essex counterparts in warning about cuts.

Royal links to an alleged Chinese spy feature on the front pages of Friday’s newspapers. The Daily Telegraph and The Times both focus on reports that a “close confidant” of the Duke of York has been ...

Consumer confidence remained suppressed in December amid the “continuing uncharitable view on the UK’s general economic situation”, a survey suggests.

ITV said that full episodes of various sports, entertainment, documentary, reality, daytime and news programmes will be on the video platform ...

A sexual predator is facing a long prison sentence for the rape and manslaughter of a vulnerable NHS worker whom he attacked on a park bench. Mohamed Iidow repeatedly sexually assaulted 37-year-old ...