Thousands of racegoers have arrived at Aintree for the first day of the Grand National festival. More than 150,000 people are due on the racecourse for the three-day racing festival, which culminates ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...