The S&P Global flash UK composite purchasing managers’ index (PMI) reported a reading of 50.5 in November, slipping from 52.2.

Off the track with injury since storming to Kauto Star Novices’ Chase glory last Christmas, another festive visit to Kempton for their Boxing Day highlight is seen as the obvious target by trainer Ben ...

JD Wetherspoon is to open its first pub in mainland Europe with plans for a bar at Alicante airport in Spain. The pub – to be called the Castell de Santa Barbera – is set to open at the end of January ...

City can put the pressure on leaders Arsenal when they travel to Newcastle, against whom they boast an outstanding record.

Iran’s foreign ministry called a resolution by the UN atomic watchdog’s board of governors “anti-Iranian” and threatened unspecified retaliatory actions, state media has reported.