Responding, environment minister Baroness Hayman of Ulloch said: “Regarding the company choosing KKR as its preferred bidder in the ongoing equity raise process, clearly Thames Water is a commercial ...

Some 9,885 people had been logged as making the journey from France as of Sunday, according to provisional Home Office figures for 2025.

Monday was the hottest day of the year so far with temperatures set to increase further this week, the Met Office has said. The weather service said the highest temperature recorded on Monday was ...

Judd Trump held off a spirited fightback from Shaun Murphy to reach the quarter-finals of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible. Trump began the final session of the second-round clash of ...

Home Office minister Jess Phillips said she expects local inquiries into grooming gangs will “go further” than the five already announced. During an urgent question in the Commons, Ms Phillips also ...

The sugar tax applied to fizzy drinks is set to be extended to milkshakes and similar treats under Government proposals. Plans to end the exemption from the levy for dairy-based drinks, as well as non ...

The Duchess of Sussex has said she is enjoying a new “honeymoon” feeling with Harry since the pair got “a little bit of breathing space” after stepping back from their royal duties.

A man with a “crazed attitude to sex” groomed a schoolgirl and then enjoyed watching others further degrade her in a “den of iniquity”, a judge has said. Ashley Darbyshire, 28, targeted his victim ...

Boss Unai Emery said on Saturday that the on-loan Manchester United striker was likely to be out for “some weeks”.

A one-year-old girl has died after a crash on a campsite in North Wales, police have said. Emergency services were called to reports of a collision involving the child and a vehicle at the Bryn Gloch ...

Belfast rap trio Kneecap are a “hate fest” that “promote division”, DUP leader Gavin Robinson has said. The Belfast East MP said that the promoter of a Kneecap gig in Belfast in August has questions ...

Hard work and belief has paid off for Simon Murray as the Dundee forward welcomed his “special” nomination for the PFA ...