UK house prices rose at a slower rate in the year to July than at any time since September 2012, up by 0.7%, official figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said there had…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionHow to reduce your carbon footprint when you fly Germany’s ruling conservatives have proposed doubling taxes on domestic flights, as part of a wider package to cut…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Young people are at risk of being recruited as money mules Criminals are recruiting a rising number of teenagers to act as money mules to help them launder the…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAbqaiq is the site of Aramco’s largest oil processing plant Iran has accused the US of “deceit” after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tehran was behind…

Corgi cafes are all the rage, so what’s behind the global phenomenon transforming the fortunes of this once overlooked dog breed? Corgi cafes are especially popular in Asia, with businesses thriving in Thailand, Japan and…

People have drunk water for centuries and paid nothing for it. But modern businesses manage to rake in a hundred billion dollars a year from packaging it up and selling it to us. Aaron Heslehurst…

An NHS pilot is seeing if virtual reality could improve the lives of people with dementia, by taking them back in time to relive formative experiences. The Marston Court care home in Oxford, run by…

The Duchess of Sussex has launched her clothing line for women’s charity Smart Works in London. Smart Works, which the duchess is patron of, provides high-quality clothes and one-to-one interview preparation to long-term unemployed women….

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mario Draghi said the ECB had cut its forecasts for both inflation and economic growth The European Central Bank has unveiled fresh stimulus measures to bolster the eurozone, including…