A RYANAIR flight to Funchal declared an emergency shortly after taking off from Manchester Airport in the early hours of this ...

Andy Burnham has said it was a “major dereliction of public duty” that politicians had failed for decades to resolve the crisis in social care. The Prime Minister said the blame lies with “my ...

Parents are being urged to claim Child Benefit even if they repay it through HMRC, to National Insurance credits and their future State Pension.

The Duke of Sussex and other household names could have to pay millions of pounds out of their own pockets to cover the costs of their failed legal action against the publisher of the Daily Mail. A ...

Fraudulent funeral director Robert Bush should face between 20 and 25 years in prison, prosecutors have said. Bush, 48, is to be sentenced for 67 offences spanning 12 years and affecting hundreds of ...

Swathes of England are suffering from “flash drought” as a result of very low rainfall and high temperatures, the Environment Agency has said. The government agency said seven areas of central, ...

The chief constable of Police Scotland has condemned the “disgraceful scenes” around a protest in Glasgow on Saturday, saying ...

Animal welfare charities have welcomed NatureScot’s recommendation that a licence not be granted for this year’s guga hunt on a remote Scottish island but called for the Scottish Government to make ...

Part-time swimmer Imogen Clark insists a Commonwealth Games bronze medal is vindication for four years of sacrifice and persistence.

Oscar-winning Irish musician and activist Glen Hansard died in a motorcycle crash in Dublin in the early hours of Wednesday, sources said.

Andy Burnham, whose father has Alzheimer’s, said he would end decades of failure to address issues with social care funding.

Dua Lipa has announced the line-up for her curation of the London Literature Festival. The Don’t Start Now singer, 30, who ...