The King has praised a 101-year-old veteran as “amazing” and told him to keep drinking whisky during a visit to Lancashire. Charles met Richard Brock, who served in the D-Day landings, at a reception ...

A nine-year-old girl and her father have died and an 11-year-old girl is fighting for her life after a house fire. The two died after the blaze broke out in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, on Sunday, ...

The SNP came “frustratingly close” to winning the Hamilton by-election, First Minister John Swinney has said. Scottish Labour’s Davy Russell won a surprise victory on Thursday, with the SNP coming ...

The leader of North Somerset Council has said there is a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to save Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare.

Some nine million pensioners in England and Wales will receive the winter fuel payment this winter, with only those on over £35,000 missing out.

The partner of wealthy aristocrat Constance Marten has described the prosecution case in their trial over the death of their baby as “like a script from a movie”. Marten, 38, and Mark Gordon, 51, are ...

Three weekly bin collections have launched in North Somerset. The hugely controversial plans mean that black bins for general waste will now only be collected once every three weeks, instead of ...

Marcus Arduini Monzo, 37, is on trial accused of murdering schoolboy Daniel Anjorin and attempting to kill four others during a 20-minute rampage in Hainault, north-east London, on April 30 last year.

Zulkernain Ahmed, 20, and Armaan Ahmed, 26, also face three counts of attempted murder after a ‘hit-and-run’ incident in Sheffield.

Cole Cooper, 19, who was reported missing by his family in Falkirk on May 9 (Family handout/PA Wire). The family of a teenager who went missing more than a month ago have said they are “living a ...

A lack of recent meetings between the Scottish Government and the Treasury is an “issue of concern”, First Minister John Swinney has said ahead of the Chancellor’s spending review.

Some nine million pensioners in England and Wales will receive the winter fuel payment this winter, the Chancellor has announced. The payment, worth up to £300, will be restored to the vast majority ...