The Princess Royal has made a surprise trip to Ukraine in a show of solidarity with children and families facing the horrors of the Russian invasion. The King’s sister travelled to the war-torn ...

Courts will sit for extra days to help tackle backlogs, the Deputy Prime Minister is set to announce, as judges are forced to apologise for justice delays. David Lammy will announce plans for victims ...

The Scottish NHS board at the centre of a high-profile legal battle involving single-sex spaces has said its staff should now use facilities that correspond with their sex at birth, rather than their ...

Today (Tuesday) was ‘eviction day’ for the infamous black swan that set up home on the waters of the Avon in Stratford nine months ago. The sole male appeared on the Avon at Stratford near to the ...

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has hailed Ulez as a success after London met legal limits for a toxic pollutant for the first time (PA) The mayor of London has hailed the success of the ultra-low emission ...

Poet Roger McGough has led tributes to the writer Brian Patten following his death at the age of 79. Patten, who co-wrote The Mersey Sound anthology alongside McGough and Adrian Henri, “died ...

Sarah Breeden, Deputy Governor for Financial Stability at the Bank of England (Benjamin Cremel/PA) Maintaining high interest rates for too long could hit jobs and drag inflation below target levels, a ...

A man has been charged with the murder of his parents and his brother in Co Louth. Robert O’Connor, 31, of Drumgowna, Louth Village, appeared before a special sitting of Drogheda District Court on ...

Glam rock star Marc Bolan has been honoured with a blue plaque outside the London home where he wrote and recorded some of his biggest hits, English Heritage has announced. The singer and guitarist, ...

The local authority which runs Hampstead Heath’s bathing ponds is seeking views on whether transgender people should be able to access its single-sex swimming areas after a ruling on the legal ...

A global bottle manufacturer was fined £600,000 after a worker was burned by molten glass and hot water spilling into the cab of the loading vehicle he was operating. The accident took place at the ...

Rachel Reeves appears set to lift the two-child benefit limit in her Budget. The Chancellor was asked directly about a report that she will make an announcement in her November statement, and did not ...