Bridget Phillipson said a Tory amendment to the schools Bill is unnecessary as she defended removing automatic academisation of failing schools.

The funeral of former deputy prime minister John Prescott will take place in Hull on Thursday. More than 300 family, friends and colleagues have been invited to the service at Hull Minster, beginning ...

ARGYLL and Bute’s chief health officer has spoken of the financial and delivery challenges being faced by health and care workers in the area.

Up to seven planets are set to align in the night sky over the UK in January and February - here's when and how to see the rare event.

People may unwittingly end up calling a third-party firm while trying to find their insurer’s contact details online, the Insurance Fraud ...

Dena Collins, 28, died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Greenwich, London, from a heart attack caused by an undiagnosed blood clot in January 2023.

Seven people convicted of being part of a child abuse ring which plunged to “the depths of human depravity” were sentenced to lifelong restriction orders and warned they may never be released.

Comedian Jayde Adams (left) and Steps star Ian ‘H’ Watkins (second left) arrive for the funeral of The Vivienne in Denbighshire, North Wales (Danny Lawson/PA) Also in attendance was Steps singer Ian ...

It is understood private equity groups Hilco and Alteri are among parties to raise interest over a possible takeover of WH Smith’s high street arm.

First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly called on NIE Networks to make goodwill payments to those cut off.

As Labour leader, Ed Miliband criticised then-prime minister David Cameron for bringing his personal photographer into government.

Commemorations at the concentration camp began earlier when Poland’s president Andrzej Duda joined Auschwitz survivors.