Sir Stephen Houghton, chairman of the body representing metropolitan district councils, questioned benefits changes and investment strategy.

An Energy UK spokesperson warned that at the end of March 2025, 430,000 households remained on an RTS meter and efforts to replace them stood at 1,000 installations a day.

A large vehicle blaze that spread to property and trees near Ilminster resulted in emergency service involvement.

Temperatures could soar as high as 29C in parts of the UK this week according to the latest forecasts from the Met Office ...

Prices were largely driven higher by a 17.4 rise in chocolate confectionery prices in the four weeks to April 20.

Thousands of UK travellers are trying to return home on Tuesday after being stranded overnight because of widespread power cuts in Portugal and Spain. Airports in both countries were disrupted by the ...

The UK has been looking at how to deal with “different kinds of challenges and threats”, the Home Secretary said after a ...

It came as parent firm Associated British Foods said it saw ‘weaker sales’ across the budget fashion chain’s UK and Ireland stores.

BBC Mock the Week comedian Milton Jones has announced he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will be 'undergoing surgery'.

Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have temporarily shut more than half of tourist resorts in the scenic Himalayan region after last week’s deadly attack on tourists raised tensions between ...

Mark Carney’s election victory in Canada came after a surge in his Liberal Party’s fortunes following Donald Trump’s threats against ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu’s status has dominated discussions in the days after Pope Francis’s death amid questions about whether he would participate in the conclave to elect his successor. After his ...