The Local Government Association said councils in England were facing a funding gap of more than £8 billion by 2028/29.

Two UK women are aiming to become the first team to row the Pacific Ocean non-stop and unsupported. Miriam Payne, 25, from ...

David Lammy accused Russia’s Vladimir Putin of “dragging out and obfuscating” efforts to find a peace deal to end the Ukraine ...

A motorcyclist who struck and killed a young woman as she crossed the road has been jailed for 14 years for causing her death ...

Workers at a university set to cut around 700 jobs are to be balloted on strike action, a union has announced. Dundee ...

Gary Lineker has said he “always wanted to go into media” as he revealed his podcast company’s latest show. The broadcaster ...

Richard Woods, 40, drove 1.1 miles on the fast lane of the northbound carriageway of the M6 near Tebay, Cumbria, for at least ...

Thousand of racegoers have arrived at Aintree for the first day of the Grand National festival. More than 150,000 people are ...

Firefighters have extinguished a grass blaze in the Stirling area but are tackling others elsewhere as an “extreme” risk of ...

Police in Northern Ireland have launched an appeal for potential victims of serial rapist Zhenhao Zou to come forward. This ...

Asked if either the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, or the UK Ambassador the US, Lord Mandelson – with whom the ...

A letter from the cast of River City has been co-signed by 117 stars, including comedian Elaine C Smith, Lorraine McIntosh ...