Sir Keir Starmer has said the Government wants to make more pensioners eligible for winter fuel payments. He has faced pressure from Labour ranks to change course over the squeeze on benefits and ...

Bus drivers are to take strike action over six weeks in a pay dispute. Unite the union said around 430 Stagecoach drivers will take action after last minute pay talks did not lead to an improvement in ...

The Northern Irish broadcaster said it was ‘a bit of a shock’ given he was recently taken to hospital after a fall at his home.

Martyn Sadler died alongside fellow firefighter Jennie Logan and member of the public David Chester following a fire at a former RAF base.

Marten, 38, and Mark Gordon, 50 are charged with the manslaughter of their baby daughter Victoria who died in a tent on the South Downs in ...

The UK Government has risked “undermining public confidence” in its approach to a hearing of the Omagh Bombing Inquiry, its chairman has been told. Counsel to the inquiry Paul Greaney KC told a ...

Five justices ruled unanimously on Wednesday that the public does have the right to wild camp in the national park in Devon.

Energy campaigners have urged Ofgem to draw up a “crisis plan” for July 1 when the Radio Teleswitching System (RTS) is switched off, saying hundreds of thousands of households remain likely to face ...

The Government is broadly supportive of blending hydrogen into the gas network and is actively considering the matter, energy minister Michael Shanks has said. Replacing some of the fuel in natural ...

Farm and nature leaders made the plea as figures show swathes of the UK have had the most days with no or little rain on ...

A DRIVER has been reported by police after being witnessed speeding at more than 100mph on the motorway. The incident happened this morning, Wedesday, on the M6 southbound between junctions 23 for ...