An avid runner will attempt to break the record for the fastest person to run the London Marathon dressed as a traffic cone.

Matt Jopson will be raising money for Prostate Cancer UK and the Queencort Hospice where his uncle received end-of-life care.

Joe Pritchard ran continuously on a treadmill for 24 hours inside a pub to raise money for the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation.

– The Government will expand right-to-work checks to cover gig-economy workers by making amendments to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill. Businesses that do not carry out the checks ...

But it did not immediately say what her sentence might be and how it might impact the National Rally leader’s political future.

The chief executive of Mirror and Express newspaper publisher Reach has quit after nearly six years in the role to head up horse-racing company The Jockey Club. Jim Mullen has stepped down immediately ...

The Justice Secretary is “considering all her options” when it comes to the Sentencing Council, a Home Office minister has suggested. Dame Angela Eagle said Shabana Mahmood is “considering the best ...

Network Rail’s boss has announced his retirement amid a Government overhaul of the sector. Chief executive Sir Andrew Haines said he will leave the company in October after seven years in the role.

Rare coins could be worth hundreds of times more than their face value, as one person found out when they sold a 20p coin for more than £230 ...

Martin Lewis has also issued an urgent warning to anyone planning a holiday this year, and to anyone who already has one booked ...

The London-listed company said it expects to secure more than £74 million from the sale of its stake in F1 team, adding that its long-term sponsorship deal will not be affected. Meanwhile, it also ...

Israel ended a ceasefire and renewed its air and ground war against the Hamas militant group earlier this month.