The UK Government announced in the summer that winter fuel payment would no longer be universal, scuppering Scottish Government plans.

BBC pundit Alan Shearer has ruled himself out of taking over from Gary Lineker as the host of Match Of The Day. The former England striker, 54, is a regular on the BBC football highlights programme ...

The leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has said he wishes Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby was alongside him as the assisted dying debate in Parliament edges closer.

A pub in England has been asked to change its name by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) due to it being "derogatory" and "unfair" to foxes. The animal rights group has made the ...

A jury has been sworn in to try the case of Grammy-nominated rapper Slowthai, who is accused of rape. The rapper, whose real name is Tyron Frampton, and his co-accused Alex Blake-Walker, 27, deny ...

Last week Home Office minister Dame Angela Eagle said that asylum hotel use had risen since Labour entered government.

The local authority has told the Welsh Government the Cwmtillery landslip was a ‘singular wash-out of a former coal tip in the area’.

Sinn Fein’s housing spokesman has claimed that handing the housing portfolio to Fianna Fail for another five years would be a “catastrophe”. Eoin O Broin has accused Fianna Fail of overseeing record ...

Researchers have found differences in the brain pathology of paediatric and adult patients that might explain the sometimes “catastrophic outcomes” seen in children following a traumatic brain injury.

The parents of Abiyah Yasharahyalah are on trial accused of causing or allowing his death and depriving him of adequate ...

A 25-year-old “savagely” slit his mother’s throat with a pruning knife before he called 999 and admitted killing her, a court has heard.

Consular support is being provided to ‘a number of British nationals and their families’, the Foreign Office said.