Deputy Prime Minister Ms Rayner said the Government was ‘taking a step towards relighting the fire in our great regions’.

Lawyers for child serial killer Lucy Letby will make a fresh bid to challenge her convictions on the grounds that the lead prosecution medical expert at her trial was “not reliable”.

Chancellor @RachelReevesMP has commissioned the @OBR_UK to prepare an economic and fiscal forecast which will be presented to @UKParliament alongside a statement on 26 March 2025.

Mary Lou McDonald said the incoming government in Dublin must also take ‘urgent’ steps to start planning for unity.

The Welsh dancer had made a return to competing on the BBC One show this year after undergoing treatment for breast cancer.

Alleged Chinese spy Yang Tengbo, who forged links with the Duke of York and mixed with other British establishment figures, insisted he has “done nothing wrong or unlawful”.

A murderer’s public parole hearing has been branded “a shambles” by the victim’s family after technical difficulties meant they couldn’t hear proceedings. The hearing for William Dunlop, who strangled ...

Simon Harris was speaking after Israel announced it would be closing its Dublin embassy, accusing Ireland of ‘crossing every red line’.

No 10 said the plans were about “giving power from Westminster to local leaders” but also about tackling the “waste” from multiple layers of government. Angela Rayner, the Housing, Communities and ...

Patrick Crawford, 15, was struck by a bullet while walking through the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital on August 10 1975.

Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad says he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the Russian military evacuated him after their base in western Syria came under ...

A student accused of the murder of physical trainer Amie Gray on Bournemouth beach told police that he was not responsible and he would not “attack someone for no reason”, a court has heard.