A “STARK” warning has been issued by the fire service about the dangers of cooking with open chip pans after a blaze at a ...

More than one in four pupils in England are now eligible for free school meals, figures show. An additional 77,700 children became eligible for free school meals over a year, according to data ...

CHILDREN in youth detention should have the same rights to early release and post-sentence support as adults, the chief probation officer has said. In the 2024 annual report, Mike Cutland said the ...

Jamie Overton has returned to England’s Test squad for the first time in three years for the series opener against India as Jacob Bethell, Chris Woakes and Brydon Carse also return. Overton has been a ...

British fintech firm Wise has revealed plans to switch its primary listing from London to New York in yet another setback for the City. The money transfer firm said the move would “help us accelerate ...

Voters are going to the polls in a Holyrood by-election that Scotland’s First Minister has said is a ‘two horse race’ between his SNP and Nigel Farage’s Reform. Polling stations are now open in the ...

Sir Elton John said “we will not back down” in an awards speech where he pleaded with the UK Government to “do the right thing” by strengthening copyright protections when artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Severe storms in southern Germany forced a Ryanair flight to make an emergency landing late on Wednesday after violent turbulence injured nine people on board, German police said. The flight, ...

NEEDED” new town primary school on the site of the former Jersey Gas site would replace “ageing” buildings with “modern fit-for-purpose facilities”, the Education Minister has argued in response to a ...

The UK’s headline inflation figure was 0.1 percentage points too high for April due to an error in the vehicle tax data collected, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said. Official data ...

A former police officer who was sacked because of his “aggressive” detention of a 15-year-old boy has said he is being treated like an “abuser” and is appealing his case. Lorne Castle was dismissed by ...

Wales resume their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign at home to group minnows Liechtenstein on Friday. Craig Bellamy’s side took four points from their opening two games against Kazakhstan and North ...