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

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 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 ...

SKIPTON have won their third game of the season in Aire- Division Two, becoming the latest side to take advantage of faltering Rodley.

The project, led by Heriot-Watt University and involving researchers from the University of Edinburgh, Napier University and the University of Stirling, aims to help people with h ...

Live facial recognition will be expanded across the country as part of a Government overhaul of neighbourhood policing. The technology will be deployed to catch “high-harm” offenders, with new rules ...

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.

Using records from the National Disease Registration Service for England and the Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit, experts estimated net survival for up to 10 years after diagnosis for ...

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) said learner drivers will have to know how to do CPR and use a defibrillator for the theory test.