The winter fuel payment controversy has shown just how ‘radioactive’ any attempt at reform has become, one finance expert said.

A nine-year-old girl and her father have died and an 11-year-old girl is fighting for her life after a house fire. The two died after the blaze broke out in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, on Sunday, ...

The Chinese-owned social media firm said its UK workforce would expand to 3,000 this year, with plans also for a second office in London.

Zaher al-Waheidi, head of the Health Ministry’s records department, said six people were killed and more than 99 wounded, some of them at another GHF centre in central Gaza. The war began when ...

Thousands of people have been in Appleby over the past few days for the annual Horse Fair. The annual gathering of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, which is the biggest in the UK, is took place ...

The SNP came “frustratingly close” to winning the Hamilton by-election, First Minister John Swinney has said. Scottish Labour’s Davy Russell won a surprise victory on Thursday, with the SNP coming ...

Marcus Arduini Monzo, 37, is on trial accused of murdering schoolboy Daniel Anjorin and attempting to kill four others during a 20-minute rampage in Hainault, north-east London, on April 30 last year.

The partner of wealthy aristocrat Constance Marten has described the prosecution case in their trial over the death of their baby as “like a script from a movie”. Marten, 38, and Mark Gordon, 51, are ...

You may need to retune your Freeview TV as new ITV channel ITV Quiz has now launched following the closure of ITVBe.

A nine-year-old girl has died and an 11-year-old girl is in a critical condition after a fire which also claimed the life of a man. The pair died after the blaze broke out in Heckmondwike, West ...

The King has praised a 101-year-old veteran as “amazing” and told him to keep drinking whisky during a visit to Lancashire. Charles met Richard Brock, who served in the D-Day landings, at a reception ...

The Government has a legal obligation to maintain populations of wild birds and ensure they have enough suitable habitats.