Council tax rises will help ensure local authorities are funded next year, a minister has said as he rejected Tory claims of a £2.4 billion “black hole”. Communities minister Matthew Pennycook said ...

James May recently invited his former colleague and old friend Richard Hammond to his pub in Wiltshire. The 61-year-old owns The Royal Oak pub in Swallowcliffe, having originally bought the pub near ...

Gary Lineker’s production company is scrapping its TV arm to concentrate on podcasts. The broadcaster and former footballer, who the BBC said would step down from hosting Match Of The Day (MOTD) at ...

More than 700,000 passengers suffered disruption when flights were grounded at UK airports on August 28 last year.

Dave Law was one of Trafford FC’s four founding members in 1990 and has witnessed their transformation during his 34 years at the club. Law, 72, is now a director and helps out where possible, be it ...

The Makin Review named Sir Jamie and the Rev Sue Colman as likely to have had significant knowledge of John Smyth’s abuses in the UK and Africa.

Long A&E waits in England have soared, new figures show, as NHS leaders warned that the service is heading for winter under “more pressure than ever before”. Performance against key targets fell short ...

Authorities are on high alert following the violence in Amsterdam before and after a Europa League match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

A 34-year-old man has been charged with two counts of possession of an offensive weapon after reports of a person carrying knives outside the Houses of Parliament. The Metropolitan Police said Lewis ...

Elaine Macgougan, 64, suffers from a neurological condition which causes sufferers to see things that are not real.

The Hertfordshire-based food giant said its branded products sold particularly well over the first half of the year.

A 60-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the deaths of three elderly people from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at a Swanage care home has been released from the police ...