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 ...

A teenage boy who killed elderly dog walker Bhim Kohli is set to have his sentence reviewed at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday. Mr Kohli, 80, was punched and kicked, slapped in the face with a shoe ...

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 ...

THE Fermanagh community is in mourning following the passing of much-loved young athelete, Oisín Cassidy. Mr. Cassidy, of Prosphect Road, Derrylin, passed away peacefully after a long illness, ...

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

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.

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 ...

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

NHS Blood and Transplant are trying to encourage more people aged 50 and over to join the NHS Organ Donor Register.

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 ...