It is becoming “increasingly difficult” for the Stormont Executive to mitigate decisions being made at Westminster, Northern Ireland’s Finance Minister has said. John O’Dowd said decisions, such as ...

West Lindsey in Lincolnshire had the highest proportion of people aged 18 and over living with obesity in 2023/24.

Sir Keir Starmer faces a growing backbench rebellion over cuts to a disability benefit, Labour MPs have indicated after the party lost almost 200 council seats in England last week. One of the party’s ...

Some victims of the infected blood scandal will die before they receive compensation and the current number of people who have received a payout is “unsatisfactory”, the Government has admitted.

All eyes are on Vatican City for the sign of a new pope, as cardinals processed into the Sistine Chapel to begin the secret conclave meeting. The 133 electors, dressed in distinctive bright red ...

Harley-Davidson riders from across the country took part in this year’s Cider Rally in North Somerset over the weekend.

The Liberation Convoy, which followed the journey made by the so-called “Shetland Bus” during the war, was greeted with a floating salute as it arrived in Lerwick on Tuesday night. The Shetland Bus ...

Harbour Energy has revealed plans to axe around 250 jobs in Scotland as the firm laid the blame on “punitive” government measures. The oil and gas firm said the cuts – about a quarter of its workforce ...

The stabbing of a bank customer in Derby city centre is still being investigated and two people have been arrested.

Disney will build its seventh theme park, this one in the United Arab Emirates, the entertainment company said on Wednesday. The waterfront resort will be built on Yas Island on the outskirts of Abu ...

Cllr Revans told the BBC he does not believe "any council in the country is on top of their pothole situation". He added that Somerset Council has been given an extra £12million for road surfacing to ...

Ann Marie Twomey she could not comment on the previous investigating team’s 2017 search of the Satchwell home.