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 ...

Lidl will be trialing a Click, Reserve & Collect service via its Lidl Plus app for a Middle Aisle item for a brief period in April 2025 ...

Hollywood actor Richard E Grant, soap stars and author Irvine Welsh are among more than 100 famous names who have signed an open letter to save jobs at the soap River City. The BBC announced plans ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Local government minister Jim McMahon will meet council chiefs in an effort to end the strike, which has seen tonnes of rubbish piling up.