Yorkshire and north-east England are experiencing one of their driest years on record, data shows. The area has seen an average of just 242.8mm of rain so far in 2025 – less than half the amount that ...

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry was hearing evidence from a former employee at a special residential school in Fife.

A possible pensions overhaul that could cause a costly hit to thousands of public sector workers has been criticised by a Devon MP.

Police said the youths, aged 15, 16, 18 and 19, were arrested and suspected drugs seized after a car was stopped in Warwickshire in the early hours.

Unite has also voted to ‘re-examine its relationship with Labour’, in a sign of a growing divide between the union and the party.