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 ...

Andy Woodman hailed the character of his Bromley squad as they knocked Championship side Ipswich out of the Carabao Cup on penalties after a 1-1 draw. Two spot-kick saves from Bromley goalkeeper Sam ...

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.

MPs are calling on the Government to fund free bus travel for people aged under 22 in England. The Transport Select Committee, which made the recommendation, said it would improve young people’s ...

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

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

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 ...

The fourth heatwave of the summer will continue on Wednesday with temperatures expected to climb to 34C in parts of England. An amber heat health alert remains in place for the West Midlands, East ...

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” ...

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