Andy Burnham will spend the weekend preparing to become British prime minister, with allies saying he intends to make a "dynamic start" with measures to ease the cost of living squeeze.

Aberdonians are struggling because the North Sea oil and gas sector, the engine room of the city’s prosperity, is dying. Shops in the city sit vacant, offices are being demolished and everyone knows someone who has been made redundant.

Stormy weather buffeting the North Sea has brought havoc to oilfields with Norway’s Statoil reporting one man dead when a giant wave hit a rig and hundreds of workers evacuated after a huge barge broke its moorings and began drifting. Statoil said a 53 ...

My Alerts is a service for subscribers. Please login or subscribe in order to use My Alerts. The UK North Sea is becoming a happy hunting ground for a Norwegian offshore drilling company with a fast-growing backlog for its deep-water drilling units.

The first Hickory's in Liverpool is set to open its doors with its own cinema room