Campaigners have made renewed calls to scrap the two-child benefit limit after the latest figures showed the number of children in affected households is approaching 1.7 million across Great Britain.

Former EastEnders actor and prolific theatre star Frank Barrie has died at the age of 88, his agent has confirmed. According to a statement from his agency Scott Marshall Partners, Barrie died ...

NHS Fife has spent more than £220,000 defending itself in the employment tribunal launched by nurse Sandie Peggie, it has been revealed. The extent of the costs was uncovered following an intervention ...

Disruption to Glasgow’s subways during the city’s biggest music festival has been avoided after unions struck a deal with the operator. About 100 staff working for Strathclyde Partnership for ...

Liam Og O hAnnaidh, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court next month ...

The UK’s top stock index jumped by as much as 100 points, or 1.1, to a new intraday record of 8,967.21 points.

A special tribunal has indicted Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by accepting charges of crimes against humanity filed against her in connection with a mass uprising in which hundreds ...

The 59-year-old, who served 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit, says he remains determined to tear down the system that failed him.

The regulator said that from July 28, Royal Mail will be allowed to deliver second class post on alternate days from Monday to Friday only.

Russia has pounded Ukraine’s capital with another major missile and drone attack, causing fires in areas across the city and killing two people a day after the heaviest aerial attack of the war so far ...

The regulator said that from July 28, Royal Mail will be allowed to deliver second-class post on alternate days from Monday to Friday only.

Ofwat said its investigation found a ‘range of failures’ in how the water company managed its wastewater treatment works and sewer network.