The UK’s asylum system now costs £5 billion – the highest level of spending on record and up by more than a third in a year. Home Office spending on asylum rose by £1.43 billion, up 36% from £3.95 ...

Abingdon's Tesco Extra store has reopened following flooding caused by Storm Bert. The store off Marcham Road shut on Monday afternoon after heavy rainfall at the weekend caused the River Ock to burst ...

The tie-up, announced in May, will create a banking giant with millions of customers and about £89 billion worth of assets.

Just 42,500 applications have been approved since July, when the Government said almost 900,000 households were missing out on the benefit.

A man has fled the scene at an Oxfordshire petrol station as police cars arrived. The incident happened earlier today as staff at a BP in the Didcot and Wallingford area informed Thames Valley Police ...