Labour backbenchers have called for a Government U-turn on planned disability benefit cuts, after Chancellor Rachel Reeves restored winter fuel payments to a majority of pensioners. Ms Reeves’ £1.25 ...

A 14-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed in Manchester has been named by police as Ibrahima Seck, with his family paying tribute to him as “funny, caring and hardworking”. Ibrahima was found with ...

Norma Burton, known for being part of TikTok account Jess and Norma, has died, with tributes coming in from the community and ITV soap Emmerdale.

Independent analysis by think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research looked at Treasury figures between 2009/10 and 2022/23.

Rhianan Rudd died in a children’s home in May 2022, five months after terrorism charges against her were dropped.

The mother of an autistic teenager who was groomed and “brainwashed” by right-wing extremists says she was not treated as a vulnerable child before she took her own life.

An 11-year-old girl has also been left fighting for her life in hospital after the fire broke out in Heckmondwike on Sunday.

The spending review is “settled”, Downing Street has said, after the Home Office was the last department locked in budget negotiations.

The Day Of The Jackal author Frederick Forsyth has died at the age of 86, after a brief illness, his literary agents said. The best-selling author was surrounded by his family as he died at home on ...

A PROPOSED battery energy storage system (BESS) could be installed at a Cumbrian service station if the plans are approved by Westmorland ...

A LAKE District guest house can be converted into either self-catering holiday let unit or a home, planners at the national park authority ...

Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte has said he sees no discrepancy between the UK’s current defence spending goals and his own push for members to reach 5% of GDP. The Nato chief would not reveal the ...