Government U-turns over winter fuel payments and welfare reform have left Chancellor Rachel Reeves with a multibillion-pound fiscal shortfall.

A funeral director is due to enter pleas to 63 charges spanning more than 10 years after a major investigation into human remains found at his premises. Robert Bush, 47, faces 30 counts of preventing ...

TV presenter Jay Blades is due to appear in court charged with rape. West Mercia Police previously said the 55-year-old, who fronted primetime BBC show The Repair Shop, will face a first hearing at ...

A teenage boy who killed elderly dog walker Bhim Kohli is set to have his sentence reviewed at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday. Mr Kohli, 80, was punched and kicked, slapped in the face with a shoe ...

Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by US president Donald Trump began arriving in the nation’s capital on ...

And Stoke boss Robins said: “We’re in the hat for the next round and that’s the most important thing I think. “We’re through and that’s as much as I can say really. “We’ve got to take what we can from ...

Donate-a-phone schemes and computer workshops will receive Government backing worth £9.5 million, as part of a plan to help older people and low-income households access an “essential for modern life” ...

Rare species from water voles to adders across England have been helped with cash from the Species Recovery Programme’s capital grants scheme.

A total of 13,109 British drivers were convicted of the offence in 2024, official data obtained by the RAC revealed.

NHS Blood and Transplant are trying to encourage more people aged 50 and over to join the NHS Organ Donor Register.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency said motorists are often ‘first on the scene’ when someone suffers a cardiac arrest.

Port Vale boss Darren Moore was delighted with the bravery his side showed as they came out on top away at Blackpool to progress into the second round of the League Cup. Substitute Mo Faal’s header 15 ...