Disgraced paedophile pop star Gary Glitter has had his bid to be freed from jail rejected. The Parole Board revealed it had made the decision not to release Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, ...

Ministers also said up to £544 million in ‘clean energy bonus’ funding would back wind developers prioritising investment in ...

A Labour MP has proposed a new law, so unmarried mothers whose partners die during their pregnancy can name both parents on a child’s birth certificate. Jen Craft said her Registration of Births ...

The Scottish Government has announced it will open applications for mitigation of the welfare policy on March 2.

A driver was left trapped in a car after a 'major' crash on a busy road between Wareham and Dorchester. The driver involved had to be pulled from the the car after crashing and was cut out by ...

A charity boss has run the length of Hadrian’s Wall dressed as a pair of testicles to raise awareness about the cancer which killed his brother. Toby Freeman, from Colchester, ran 90 miles from ...

Jazwell Brown, 49, fatally stabbed Joanne Pearson, 38, and Teohna Grant, 24, in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire on December 25 last year.

Six weeks after Spain and Portugal suffered a massive power outage, authorities in Madrid have issued an official report saying the cascading blackout that left tens of millions disconnected in ...

An opponent of the assisted dying Bill has claimed such a service “could become the trojan horse that breaks the NHS” after Health Secretary Wes Streeting was questioned about the availability of ...

The UK has hit 30 new Russian targets with sanctions in a bid to ramp up pressure on Vladimir Putin as he continues to resist calls for an unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine. A raft of new sanctions ...

Marie Anderson said she has delegated authority in her office’s chief executive and senior staff to ensure work can continue.

A woman found stabbed after a gas explosion at her home has been named as a charity worker who supported refugees. Annabel Rook, 46, was found fatally injured at a house in Dumont Road, Stoke ...