There were 247,703 conceptions leading to a legal abortion in 2022, a 13.1 rise on the 218,923 recorded in 2021, the ONS said.

First-time buyers could be given a boost by lenders having the ability to offer more mortgages at high loan-to-income (LTI) levels, if they choose to. The Bank of England said its Financial Policy ...

Belgian winger Chemsdine Talbi has become Sunderland’s fourth summer signing, joining the Premier League side from Club Brugge. The 20-year-old has signed a five-year contract after the clubs agreed a ...

– Trust in the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) has been “lost” by many members of the infected blood community. – People impacted by the scandal have expressed a “grave concern” over the ...

The Government’s “failure” to listen to victims of the infected blood scandal has been “exposed” in a new report, campaigners have said. The Haemophilia Society said that victims of the scandal, ...

Christian Horner has been sacked as Red Bull team principal. Horner’s dismissal comes 17 months after he was accused by a female colleague of “inappropriate behaviour”. Horner was twice exonerated of ...

Having kicked off this year by finishing fourth in Dubai and then sixth in the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh, Ghostwriter was sold for £2million on the eve of Royal Ascot and made a promising ...

Jakob Walpole denies murder and an alternative charge of manslaughter over the death of 81-year-old vintage car restoration expert John Brown.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said ads – one featuring reality TV personality Gemma Collins – could not advertised to the public.

A charabanc carriage, gifted to Queen Victoria by King Louis-Philippe of France in 1844, was waiting at the end of the Long Walk and nearby was a 10-year-old dapple grey horse Fabuleu de Maucour, ...

Hallelujah U will bid to turn the tables on past rivals in the Bahrain Trophy Stakes at Newmarket. The James Owen-trained three-year-old is owned by the Gredley family and was last seen finishing ...

In a ruling, which was published on the inquiry website on July 2, chairman Sir Adrian Fulford said Dion Rudakubana and his legal team would not receive disclosure of material covering what happened ...