The blood-borne virus Hepatitis C that can cause liver cancer will likely be wiped out in England in just over two years, health chiefs have said,...
For 3.8 million women born in the 1950s, retiring at 60 was all they knew. Until suddenly, they learned that they would have to wait a...
Gus Casely-Hayford is a man on a mission to open up and diversify the arts sector. As founding director of V&A East – one of the world’s most significant new museum...
A 62-year-old man died after being hit by a police car in Livingston on Boxing Day, Scotland’s police investigations commissioner has said. The man was taken...
A 13-year-old girl who had been missing since last week has been found safe, Hampshire Police has said. Lyla-Jane Lake had last been seen in Basingstoke...
A blind BBC reporter chased and caught a mugger who stole his mobile phone, jumping on the “gentleman” and calling 999. Tweeting a picture of an...
Police have issued a fresh appeal for information about the alleged murder of footballer Cody Fisher as a friend paid tribute to him, begging for him...
With heavy downpours forecast in parts of the country on New Year’s Eve, the start of 2023 is set to be a soggy one for many....
The 23-year-old man stabbed to death on the dancefloor of a Birmingham nightclub has been named as footballer Cody Fisher. His family said in a statement:...
North East Ambulance Service has declared a critical incident for the second time in just over a week due to “unprecedented” pressure following the Christmas break....
Two people have been arrested after a 26-year-old woman was shot dead in a pub in Merseyside on Christmas Eve. A man aged 30 from Tranmere...
A tenth person has been confirmed dead following an explosion at a block of flats in Jersey earlier in December. Kathleen ‘Kathy’ McGinness, 73, who lived...
Friends of the woman killed in a Christmas Eve shooting at a pub said they were dancing and enjoying a night out when “in a split...
The foreign secretary has accused the Taliban of “trying to erase women from society in Afghanistan” after its ban on female NGO workers forced aid agencies...
There are major fears homeless deaths in Scotland could rocket this winter as the cost of living crisis worsens. The Simon Community charity, which is supporting...
Technically, the UK did have a white Christmas in 2022 – although for most areas temperatures were too mild to see any snow. The Met Office...
Five years after Taofeek Lamidi was stabbed and left for dead on a London street on New Year’s Eve, police continue to hunt his suspected killer....
Britain’s welfare state provides a vital safety net to millions of people, particularly as their incomes are strained by the rising cost of living. But what...
The number of Boxing Day shoppers rose by 50% across the UK but remained below pre-pandemic levels as cost of living pressures weigh on consumers. More...
The actor Gary Lucy believes “somebody was watching over him” after he survived an apparent Boxing Day car crash that mangled the car. The soap star,...