As Keir Starmer sets out plans to get war ready, a writer describes life in the Nordic country that's renowned for preparedness - and how he dodged conscription ...

When George Laing followed his dreams of buying a one-euro home in Sicily, he was prepared for the hard graft that would follow. Instead, he found he had also purchased a small treasure of old jewels ...

Russia and China could take over the BBC’s World Service radio frequencies and replace them with “propaganda” channels, insiders have warned. The BBC fears it is losing a global battle against ...

Pound-cost ravaging happens when you’re drawing income from your pension and markets take a tumble, forcing you to sell more units of your pension if you need to maintain that same level of income. It ...

Kez Duxbury said the pandemic and people moving out of London meant his flat didn’t grow in value as much as he expected Kez Duxbury ended up selling his London property for the same amount he bought ...

A reader wants to know how claiming universal credit will affect their income as assessed by a mortgage lender ...

The federal government’s response to the protests has been sharply criticised by California’s governor, who called the move ...

Their review on Tuesday has recommended that the threshold should not rise to £38,700, which would put it in line with the ...

Nine million pensioners will now receive benefit this winter at a cost of £1.6bn to the Treasury after major policy reversal ...

Everton made an ambitious pitch to Liam Delap, who opted to move to Chelsea, but his representatives were left impressed by ...

California officials will sue the President for taking control of the state’s National Guard - but after weeks of bad press, ...

Russia will be able to attack Nato in three to five years, alliance chief Mark Rutte has said. Russia is outpacing Nato in ...