Kemi Badenoch has suggested council tax rises could be needed after claiming local authorities face a £2.4 billion “black hole” next year. The Conservative Party leader used Prime Minister’s Questions ...

Train and bus performance statistics will be “plastered on the walls” of Department for Transport (DfT) offices, a Cabinet minister has said. Transport Secretary Louise Haigh told MPs she wants to ...

Master George Taft, 65, and deckhand Ian Catterson, 73 died in the incident off Greenock, Inverclyde, in February 2023.

Chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies said he will retire after 11 years in charge, as the firm reported a 26.4 rise in half-year profit.

The pub group said the rise in employers’ National Insurance contributions will cost it £3 million with a further £5 million due in ...

Scrum-half Tomos Williams will miss Wales’ Autumn Nations Series clash against Australia on Sunday. Williams is understood to have suffered a shoulder injury during the 24-19 defeat against Fiji, ...

There is no “tension” between plans to make savings from limiting winter fuel allowance to the poorest pensioners and more people taking up pension credit, Liz Kendall has signalled. The winter fuel ...

Former World Cup winner Maggie Alphonsi believes England will be “desperate” to get over the line and win next year’s Women’s Rugby World Cup.

Beloved actor Timothy West, known for long stints in Coronation Street and EastEnders, has died peacefully in his sleep aged 90 ...

Catherine Mann, an economist and member of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee, has not yet opted to reduce rates.

Bridlington Town hope to be at the forefront of a movement that will revolutionise girls and women's football in East Yorkshire.

Marcus Osborne was jailed in March for the double killing which left Katie Higton, 27, with 99 injuries; and Steven Harnett, 25, with 24 wounds including mutilated genitals; after which Osborne said: ...