Charities have been ramping up pressure on the Government to ditch the benefits restriction as part of its new child poverty plan.

One of the oldest family-owned department stores in the UK is celebrating its 250th birthday. Hatchers in Taunton was founded in April 1775, beginning its life as a drapery business. Today its owners ...

People with an inherited blood disorder have actively avoided seeking ambulance care because of past negative experiences, according to a report.

Drivers across England say they are being sent demands for up to £170 from private parking companies because of faulty machines. The PA news agency has spoken to motorists in several regions who ...

A study by the GMB revealed that since 2012, almost 600,000 council jobs had gone. The union said that 13 years ago, local authorities in England and Wales employed 1,894,700 workers, but by 2024 the ...

Parents will no longer be “hamstrung by rigid school hours”, the Prime Minister has said as 750 schools open new free breakfast clubs on Tuesday. The new clubs, providing 30 minutes of morning ...

Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes was shot seven times by police in Stockwell underground station in July 2005.

“That was the most emotional I have ever been today,” Higgins, who came into this year’s tournament in top form after clinching the Tour Championship title earlier this month, told BBC Sport before ...

Cardinals will meet on Tuesday morning for the first time since Pope Francis died to confirm the details of his funeral. The world will be watching Vatican City after the death of the 88-year-old ...

Illegal and potentially dangerous scam ‘eco plugs’ are still widely available to buy on online marketplaces, an investigation has found. The so-called energy-saving devices have been the subject of ...

Nuno Espirito Santo acknowledged no one at Nottingham Forest expected to be third in April but backed his team to embrace the challenge after they started a huge week with victory at Tottenham.

Chris Wood’s 19th goal of the season fired Nottingham Forest back up to third in the Premier League with a 2-1 win at Tottenham. Forest had slipped to sixth after the weekend’s results, but Nuno ...