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Consumers are feeling more optimistic about their personal finances - but worse about the overall state of the UK economy, according to a closely watched survey. 

Surveillance and the sharing of mpox vaccines with Africa will be integral to preventing a global outbreak of the virus, the World Health Organization's Europe director has said. 

Edinburgh is on track to become the first city in Scotland to introduce a tourist tax after councillors backed key details of a draft scheme. 

A man was jailed after faking his own death in a bid to avoid paying child support, prosecutors have said. 

Police have issued an urgent appeal to find two dogs that may have been involved in a man's death in the West Midlands. 

Strong winds and heavy rain are forecast tonight and Friday morning as Storm Lilian hits parts of the UK. 

Starbucks has offered its new chief executive the use of a corporate jet for his 1,000-mile commute. 

A supplier of software to post offices around the world is plotting a return to the London stock market six years after it was taken private. 

Tributes have been paid to a Scottish teenager who has died after falling from a hotel balcony in Ibiza. 

A man who was stung 240 times by a swarm of wasps has said his local hospital saved his life.