Tim FitzHigham, creative director of St George’s Guildhall in King’s Lynn, Norfolk described it as the “dry equivalent of the ...

A prison officers’ union has called for urgent action after attacks at two jails left prison officers injured.

The unemployment rate was just under 4.20% in the three months to the end of June 2024 – the last measurement before the general election. It has since risen to a little over 4.53% in the three months ...

That’s not the scheme that I am administering, it’s not features of the scheme that I accept or that I consider are appropriate comments in the context of this scheme,” h ...

The driest spring so far in more than a century is continuing, the Met Office said, as some farmers hope for “substantial” rain amid drought concerns. So far this spring, 80.6mm of rain has been ...

There have been calls for legislation which would mean only qualified surgeons can conduct certain procedures.

The young people's engagement event, organised by North Ayrshire Child Protection Committee (CPC), took place at Greenwood Academy on Friday, May 2. The event aimed to understand what young people ...

Great British Energy will not invest in any supply chains that involve slave labour, energy minister Michael Shanks has said, with measures to establish the state-owned energy company on the verge of ...

Christopher Herd, 48, was charged by Essex Police with one count of indecent exposure and three counts of upskirting on April 13. He will appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court. Herd was arrested on ...

Official figures are forecast to show a bounce in the first quarter of the year, before April’s tax rises and Donald Trump’s tariff announcement.

The backlash to Sir Keir Starmer’s speech on immigration has been “way overblown”, a senior Cabinet minister has said. The Prime Minister has faced criticism for the language he used in the speech, ...

A BID to reverse a controversial North Ayrshire Council budget decision has fallen. Elected members voted not to suspend standing orders at a full council meeting on Wednesday, May 14. Local Labour ...