Council tax bill rises will hit 5% in April for the third year in a row, as almost all councils increase bills up to, or close to, the maximum permitted, Government figures confirm. The average annual ...

The number of hospital patients in England with norovirus looks to have peaked, with health chiefs suggesting the worst of winter pressures are over. An average of 899 beds were filled each day last ...

The Tory leader was defiant about the threat from Reform UK, urging voters to remember ‘you will have to live with what you vote for’.

More than 171,000 pupils missed at least half of possible school sessions in 2023/24, Department for Education statistics show.

Israel blamed the renewed fighting on Hamas because the militant group rejected a new proposal that departed from their signed agreement.

Ekrem Imamoglu was detained after a dawn raid on his residence on Wednesday as part of investigations into alleged corruption ...

The Environment Secretary also failed to guarantee that his budget won’t see further cuts, ahead of the Chancellor’s spring statement next week.

Canadian foreign minister Melanie Joly said she had asked for clemency in the drug-related accusations involving the dual citizens.

Aalia Mahomed, 20, was pronounced dead at the scene at the Strand, near the King’s College London campus, on Tuesday.

Keeping NHS records of biological sex is key for patient safety, Wes Streeting has said, backing a report that warned against conflating it with gender identity. The Health Secretary said he would act ...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after another man was stabbed to death in south London. Officers were called at around 5.10am on Thursday to reports of a man suffering a stab injury in ...

Former BBC Formula One presenter Jake Humphrey has said he is “utterly devastated” following the death of Eddie Jordan at the age of 76. The former Formula One team owner revealed in December that he ...