New leaked messages between Matt Hancock and officials show the then health secretary trying to rescue his career after pictures were published of him embracing aide...
The mystery over what caused a reported sonic boom across central England appears to have been solved. The sound was initially reported by people around Leicestershire,...
Freezing Arctic air will bring the coldest day of the year so far to parts of the UK with warnings in place for snow and ice....
Scientists have been left concerned by the prime minister’s reported “scepticism” about rejoining the EU’s €95.5bn science programme, despite the positive outcome of talks over Northern...
An unexpected recruitment drive to find new police dogs has been largely rebuffed, with many members of the public telling officers to get their own. Lancashire...
Controversy over Boris Johnson’s involvement in partygate and COVID-19 rule-breaking has been dismissed as “soggy sandwiches and a slice of birthday cake” by an ally of...
Matt Hancock’s adviser called Dominic Cummings a “f****** piece of s***” as he accused Boris Johnson’s former aide of “relentlessly” briefing against the former health secretary,...
Boris Johnson is facing a fight for his political career after MPs said evidence strongly suggests breaches of COVID rules would have been “obvious” to the...
When Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found unconscious on a bench in Salisbury city centre – five years ago to this day – few...
The holy oil, chrism, which will be used to anoint King Charles III during his coronation on 6 May has been consecrated at a ceremony in...
MPs are demanding action to make brain tumour research a “critical priority”, after a landmark report showed child survival rates have remained unchanged for decades. Derek...
Three lifeboats were despatched from Kent to a ferry in the English Channel after a fire broke out on board. The Isle of Innisfree was around...
National ambulance strikes have been suspended after GMB and Unison agreed to talks with the government. The GMB union said there had been a “huge shift”...
“You’ve heard of ‘tree-huggers’ protecting woodlands, We ‘bog-trotters’ love the wetlands.” The words of agile ecologist Andrew McBride, from the Land and Habitats consultancy, as he...
A couple have been charged with the manslaughter of a baby girl called Victoria, a court has heard. The child’s body was found wrapped in a...
Tens of thousands of elderly people have died without getting the care they need, according to a charity which is calling for more social care resources....
Boris Johnson says he believed “implicitly” that he was following COVID rules after a committee of MPs said it would have been “obvious” the rules were being...
Evidence strongly suggests it would have been “obvious” to Boris Johnson COVID rules were being breached at Downing Street gatherings he attended, an inquiry into whether...
A couple have been charged with the manslaughter of a baby girl called Victoria, a court has heard. The child’s body was found wrapped in a...
Anne Marie started drinking as a teenager. Then three decades later, her addiction brought her to the brink of death. “I got really sick and was...