The UK’s biggest mortgage lenders will urge the chancellor to extend a government home loans initiative which helps first-time buyers get onto the property ladder. Sky...
A double murderer who sexually abused dead bodies has appeared in court facing 16 more charges. David Fuller, 68, murdered Wendy Knell and Caroline Pierce before...
The number of hate crimes recorded in England and Wales hit a record high this year, police have revealed. Figures show there were 155,841 offences recorded...
The Greenpeace protest that disrupted Liz Truss’s Tory party conference speech yesterday actually “did her a few favours” and broke the ice for her, according to...
Nurses are set to start casting their votes on whether to strike over pay in the first ever UK-wide ballot by the industry’s largest union. For...
Ancient DNA extracted from skeletons in burial sites across England has revealed where the first people to call themselves English originally came from. The research, published...
Three people have been stabbed in a suspected robbery near Liverpool Street station in central London, police have said. City of London Police officers and London...
The UK’s biggest mortgage lenders will urge the chancellor to extend a government home loans initiative which helps first-time buyers get onto the property ladder. Sky...
EastEnders star Samantha Womack has thanked fans for their support since she revealed she is being treated for breast cancer, and given an update on her...
The National Grid’s electricity system operator and gas system operator will release one of their regular winter outlook reports later. They are designed to set out...
Three British rockets streaked into the sky towards Russian forces under attack in a key frontline town in eastern Ukraine. The target was a mobile Russian...
Liz Truss vowed to “get Britain through the tempest” and insisted “everyone will benefit” from the result of her economic policies in her keynote party conference...
A man described as a “neighbour from hell” has been jailed for causing a gas explosion that killed a two-year-old boy. George Hinds died after his...
Three British teachers have been found not guilty by a court in France over the death of a 12-year-old girl on a school trip. Steven Layne,...
Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr’s fight could be cancelled this weekend after the British Boxing Board of Control stepped in and said the bout was...
Operators who handle 999 emergency calls are set to join a BT Group walkout on Thursday. The Communication Workers Union (CWU), which represents BT workers, had...
The Church of England has found 383 new cases of alleged abuse – almost half of them sexual. Independent reviewers assessed 75,000 files, some of them...
French prosecutors have said British teachers who were responsible for looking after a 12-year-old girl who drowned on a school trip should be jailed for three...
Liz Truss will wrap up the Conservative Party conference by defending her approach and pledging a “new Britain for the new era” – after a week...
The taxpayer support for household energy bills could cost up to £140bn in an “extreme” scenario, an energy market expert has warned. Cornwall Insight, which became...