A “limited” national inquiry into child grooming would ensure authorities who did not confront the scandal are held to account, senior Labour figure Andy Burnham has said. The Mayor of Greater ...

There are more levers which could be used to tackle child poverty than scrapping the two-child benefit cap, the Deputy Prime Minister has said as the Scottish Government seeks to mitigate it.

Colin Stonehouse, 36, and David Kirkbride, 28, joined a crowd of protesters who caused damage to a hotel housing asylum seekers in Staffordshire.

A nightclub in Walsall where a customer was killed outside has been forced to close its doors after its licence has been revoked.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is preparing to host a live-streamed chat with a leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party, amplifying concerns across Europe about potential meddling in ...

Members of the National Education Union will be asked if they would be willing to take industrial action over the Government’s proposed pay offer.

A “popular, well-liked” teenager was fatally stabbed near a bus station in a town centre, police have said. Thomas Taylor, 17, was attacked by a group of males at 5.50pm on Wednesday as he walked ...

Veronica Wilson spoke to John Swinney about the unsolved killing of her husband Alistair at their home in Nairn in 2004.

A motorist has been caught driving with their head out of the window “Ace Ventura-style” because the car’s windscreen was blocked by snow. Merseyside Police said this is “simply not acceptable” and ...

Police are investigating whether the death of a 78-year-old woman by cardiac arrest after she boarded a London bus was linked to how the vehicle was driven. The elderly woman was taken ill shortly ...

A judge at the New York Court of Appeals issued a brief order declining to grant a hearing to the US president-elect’s legal team.