The East and West Midlands have become the latest areas of England to fall into drought as the country struggles with the driest start to the year since 1976.

Here is a full list of BBC on-air salaries above £178,000 for 2024/25, as published in the corporation’s annual report. The list is ranked by salary band, starting with the highest. The equivalent ...

Thousands of people are being relocated to the UK as part of a secret £850 million scheme set up after a personal data leak of Afghans who supported British forces, it can now be reported.

BBC director general Tim Davie has said he and the corporation’s leadership team will not “tolerate behaviour that is not in line with our values” following the independent report into allegations of ...

A British man has warned never to sunbathe with jewellery on after suffering second-degree burns when his necklace turned the sun's rays into a 'laser beam' that scorched his neck ...

The final report of the inquiry sparked by his crimes heavily criticised the lack of regulation of the care of people after death.

Aldi has launched its own-brand fish wine for the summer. Baron Amarillo Albariño is back in stores now, but selling fast ...

Data also shows hospital trips for urinary tract infections cost NHS hospitals more than £600 million in 2023/24.

The latest poll found 63% of French people surveyed would support an independent Scotland joining the EU, with only 13% opposed. In Italy, 64% favour Scotland being allowed to join, with 11% against, ...

Rachel Reeves has set out sweeping reforms to the UK’s finance industry in the hope of delivering much-needed economic growth. The Chancellor hopes the drive to cut red tape and increase innovation, ...

The broadcaster, 67, announced his diagnosis with stage four prostate cancer in June, saying he was ‘responding positively’ to treatment.

More targeted and less aggressive radiotherapy for low-risk breast cancer could spare thousands of women from the harsh ...