Council tax bills in England are expected to increase by up to 5% next April, amid Tory warnings that local authorities face a £2.4 billion “black hole”.

A “fairytale” picnic cottage enjoyed by Queen Victoria on her visits to Balmoral has been saved from ruin by a conservation charity.

The UK Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius last month.

Sixteen people suffered minor injuries after a lorry and bus carrying schoolchildren collided in Leicestershire. The bus and the HGV crashed on the A46 northbound near to Syston at around 9.30am on ...

Shadow equalities minister Claire Coutinho has pressed the Government to clarify the definition of sex. Equalities minister Bridget Phillipson said it was “important that providers have clarity in ...

An 18-year-old man accused of killing three young girls in a knife attack at a dance class in Southport and producing the deadly toxin ricin will go on trial next year. Axel Rudakubana covered his ...

Cian Healy is set to move alongside Brian O’Driscoll as Ireland’s most-capped international after being named among the replacements for Friday’s clash with Argentina. Leinster prop Healy, who made ...

Sir Keir Starmer has said he was expecting to see Nigel Farage included in America’s immigration statistics, as he joked that the Reform UK leader was making a “rare appearance in Britain”.

Paediatrician Dr Ravi Jayaram walked into a room in the Countess of Chester Hospital where nurse Lucy Letby had dislodged a baby’s breathing tube.

The witness told the inquiry that a sample of the nerve agent the size of ‘a third to a sixth of a grain of salt’ could be fatal to a human.

The Band and Bugles of The Rifles performed the track ahead of the King attending the Gladiator II premiere on Wednesday evening.

Brian Whitelock is also alleged to have sexually assaulted Wendy Buckney during a sustained attack in her home near Swansea.