The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry was hearing evidence from a former employee at a special residential school in Fife.

Yorkshire and north-east England are experiencing one of their driest years on record, data shows. The area has seen an average of just 242.8mm of rain so far in 2025 – less than half the amount that ...

Kemi Badenoch posed with a giant pair of scissors at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open a new domestic arrivals building at London Stansted Airport. The Conservative leader wielded the more ...

Former Conservatives who have joined Reform UK were “never Conservatives to begin with”, Kemi Badenoch has said. The Tory leader made the claim following the latest defection – former Conservative ...

Benedict Cumberbatch and Dame Anna Wintour were among the famous faces to attend day 12 of Wimbledon. Dame Anna, who recently announced she was stepping down as day-to-day editor of American Vogue, ...

Britain’s migrant return deal with France is “robust” against legal challenge and the EU is expected to approve the scheme, Downing Street has said, after the French President suggested it needed to ...

Support workers at a care home where a teenage girl was murdered by a fellow resident did not know about his history of predatory sexual behaviour, an inquest has heard.

Susan Davy said she will step down as chief executive and director on the South West Water parent firm’s board after 18 years with the firm.

Ladybirds are being seen in “very high numbers” this year because of the warm weather, an expert has said, after a swarm of the insects disrupted play at the cricket. The influx of the creatures at ...

Unite has also voted to ‘re-examine its relationship with Labour’, in a sign of a growing divide between the union and the party.

A court heard the teenager accused of murdering Harvey Willgoose, 15, at school had made gestures towards him that morning indicating he had a knife.

Football fans who try to enter stadiums without tickets are set to face fines and match bans in time for the Euro 2028 tournament, MPs have heard.