There are more levers which could be used to tackle child poverty than scrapping the two-child benefit cap, the Deputy Prime Minister has said as the Scottish Government seeks to mitigate it.

Everton confirmed that under-18s head coach Leighton Baines and club captain Seamus Coleman would take charge of first-team affairs on an interim basis, starting with Thursday night’s FA Cup tie ...

Colin Stonehouse, 36, and David Kirkbride, 28, joined a crowd of protesters who caused damage to a hotel housing asylum seekers in Staffordshire.

A “popular, well-liked” teenager was fatally stabbed near a bus station in a town centre, police have said. Thomas Taylor, 17, was attacked by a group of males at 5.50pm on Wednesday as he walked ...

Mr Lynch said he was incredibly proud to have served the RMT both as a rank-and-file member and an elected officer.

A cannabis farm with more than £1 million worth of plants has been raided thanks to intelligence from the public.

Veronica Wilson spoke to John Swinney about the unsolved killing of her husband Alistair at their home in Nairn in 2004.

Provisional Home Office figures show 547,000 applications were received between April and December 2024, down from 942,500 in the same period ...

Quentin Willson, founder of FairCharge and advisory board member of EVUK, said: “The fact that Stellantis has hit their Zev mandate for 2024 shows what we’ve always said – the mandate is achievable.

The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has said he thinks there is a case for a "limited national inquiry" into grooming gangs.

It comes despite a slowdown in nightclub closures over the past year, with a net reduction of 13 venues in 2024.

Ferocious winds that drove the flames have calmed somewhat and were not expected to be as powerful during the day on Thursday.