The number of men in the UK living to a very old age is increasing faster than the rate for women, helping to push the elderly population to a new record high, figures show. Some 210,520 males were ...

Communities will welcome a focus on “actual hate crime”, the justice minister said after Britain’s biggest force indicated it would stop policing “toxic culture war debates”. Sarah Sackman described ...

Pizza Hut will also shut 11 delivery locations after the firm running its UK restaurants entered administration.

Fiona Goddard and Ellie-Ann Reynolds resigned from the inquiry’s victims and survivors liaison panel on Monday and criticised the Home Office.

Rishi Sunak has said he hopes to have “a weekly conversation with readers” of The Sunday Times as he joins the newspaper as a columnist. The former Conservative prime minister and serving MP for ...

The yellow Met Office weather warning for rain is set to come into force in parts of Herefordshire at midnight on October 22, remaining in place until 9pm on October 23.

West Yorkshire Police said two more men from the prison had been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.

Boris Johnson has denied there was a failure to plan for Covid school closures at the start of the pandemic, saying it would be “surprising” if there had been no planning.

Two-time World Cup winner Emily Scarratt has announced her retirement from rugby. The 35-year-old bows out after a 17-year England career which saw her win 119 caps and become her country’s record ...

Edinburgh captain Magnus Bradbury has been recalled to the Scotland squad for the upcoming autumn internationals more than three years after his last cap.

A NOUGHTIES pop group is to perform at this year's Christmas lights switch-on, it has been revealed. The Fast Food Rockers, known for their debut single, 'Fast Food Song', have been announced as the ...

Russia occupies about one fifth of Ukraine but carving up their country in return for peace is unacceptable to Kyiv officials.