Kurt Morton, 39, drove in a rally of dozens of tractors on Friday morning to protest against changes to inheritance tax rules for farmers.

The company, which owns energy supplier British Gas, said the UK now has less than a week’s worth of demand for gas in store.

Overnight temperatures dropped to minus 14.5C overnight into Friday, the coldest night of the winter so far in the UK.

Officers investigating unauthorised car meets in Hampshire have seized four cars this week as part of their enquiries.

A MERCEDES driver and his passenger have been arrested on suspicion of possession of Class A drugs and intent to supply. Police pulled over a Mercedes car on Cherry Tree Walk, Oakridge, after noticing ...

The opening of the UK’s first safer drugs consumption room will be a “significant step forward” in efforts to tackle Scotland’s drug problem, John Swinney has said. The First Minister was speaking as ...

Scotland has shivered through the coldest January night in the UK in 15 years as temperatures dropped to minus 14.5C, with dozens of schools closed across northern regions on Friday.

House sales slipped back in November, compared with October, but were higher than the same month a year earlier, according to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures. Across the UK, 92,640 property ...

Michael Sheen has launched a theatre company called Welsh National Theatre, which he says will bring “a new dawn” in the country. The organisation is envisioned as separate from but complementary to ...

One security-related death was recorded during the year in Northern Ireland, the shooting of Kevin Conway in January 2024.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said she disagreed with the mayor for Greater Manchester, who has expressed his support for a fresh investigation.

Devolution is happening – that’s the message from Hampshire County Council’s boss as it agrees to forge ahead with huge plans which ...