Sir Keir Starmer has been facing calls to u-turn on his decision to strip winter fuel payments from millions of pensioners.

The Environment Agency said no hosepipe bans are planned but warned water companies may need to put in measures including restrictions in summer.

The latest S&P Global construction purchasing managers’ index showed a reading of 46.6 for last month, improving slightly from 46.4 in March.

Joe Biden has said in his first post-presidential interview that US president Donald Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to give up territory to Russia amounted to “modern-day appeasement”. The historically ...

The strikes included one attack on a school sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians, which killed 27 people, officials said.

Heinz has launched a new ‘Fish & Chips Sauce’ in a rebranding of the classic condiment Tartare sauce. The food giant urged consumers to think of its new sauce as “Tartare 2.0”, with the packaging ...

The electors met for mass at St Peter’s Basilica ahead of the conclave in the Sistine Chapel from Wednesday afternoon.

The energy company failed to give final bills and refund credit to more than 2,000 prepayment meter customers over nine years, regulators said.

Mr Swinney however said Holyrood had had a “very, very extensive democratic debate” on such matters when it considered legislation which was ultimately blocked by Westminster which would have allowed ...

The two pilots on board were forced to eject and later rescued by helicopter, suffering minor injuries in the incident.

A STEWARD at Horsham FC has hailed the club’s dramatic title win last week as a fantastic moment for the club.

A 39-year-old woman from Billinge was arrested on suspicion of murder, who was later named as Kayleigh Smart and subsequently charged with murder. Smart, of no fixed address, appeared before Liverpool ...