Strikes are planned at Scottish Water this week after workers “overwhelmingly” rejected a pay offer. Workers represented by GMB Scotland and Unison Scotland will strike on Tuesday and Wednesday as ...

The former movie producer is being tried again on rape and sexual assault charges after his 2020 conviction was overturned.

Maria Isabel Salvador warned on Monday that “Haiti could face total chaos” without increased funding and support for the operation of the Kenya-led multinational force helping Haiti’s police to tackle ...

Parents will no longer be “hamstrung by rigid school hours”, the Prime Minister has said as 750 schools open new free breakfast clubs on Tuesday. The new clubs, providing 30 minutes of morning ...

Charities have been ramping up pressure on the Government to ditch the benefits restriction as part of its new child poverty plan.

People with an inherited blood disorder have actively avoided seeking ambulance care because of past negative experiences, according to a report.

One of the oldest family-owned department stores in the UK is celebrating its 250th birthday. Hatchers in Taunton was founded in April 1775, beginning its life as a drapery business. Today its owners ...

The Government has been accused of “sabotaging” the UK’s tourism industry as analysis found spending by international visitors was more than £2.2 billion below pre-pandemic levels last year.

The so-called energy-saving devices have been the subject of multiple Government recalls, while Which? testing found no evidence that they worked.

A study by the GMB revealed that since 2012, almost 600,000 council jobs had gone. The union said that 13 years ago, local authorities in England and Wales employed 1,894,700 workers, but by 2024 the ...

Drivers across England say they are being sent demands for up to £170 from private parking companies because of faulty machines. The PA news agency has spoken to motorists in several regions who ...

Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes was shot seven times by police in Stockwell underground station in July 2005.