The Local Government Association said councils in England were facing a funding gap of more than £8 billion by 2028/29.

The First Minister said it was important to remember the sacrifices of the past while war rages on in parts of the world today.

David Lammy accused Russia’s Vladimir Putin of “dragging out and obfuscating” efforts to find a peace deal to end the Ukraine war. The Foreign Secretary was speaking at a meeting of Nato counterparts ...

A motorcyclist who struck and killed a young woman as she crossed the road has been jailed for 14 years for causing her death by dangerous driving. Christopher Allen, 61, collided with 33-year-old ...

Richard Woods, 40, drove 1.1 miles on the fast lane of the northbound carriageway of the M6 near Tebay, Cumbria, for at least 57 seconds as several motorists had to swerve to avoid him on the ...

Workers at a university set to cut around 700 jobs are to be balloted on strike action, a union has announced. Dundee University has been in the grips of a financial crisis in recent months as ...

Included in those detained was actor Cem Yigit Uzumoglu, who played Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror in the Netflix docuseries Rise of Empires: Ottoman.

The trial of a former Russian minister accused of breaching sanctions in the UK is “not about Vladimir Putin” or the war in Ukraine, jurors have been told. Dmitrii Ovsiannikov, 48, the former mayor of ...

A letter from the cast of River City has been co-signed by 117 stars, including comedian Elaine C Smith, Lorraine McIntosh from Deacon Blue, and actors from Emmerdale and Hollyoaks, as well as Dominic ...

Keri Pegg, former governor of HMP Kirkham, arrives at Preston Crown Court, Lancashire, where she is accused of two counts of misconduct in a public office and one count of possession of criminal ...

Micheal Martin said he is concerned about the impact on investments and jobs in Ireland, the EU and across the world.