The Prime Minister said this week that he wanted to look at widening eligibility for the payments worth up to £300.

A woman has appeared in court to deny murdering a “well-loved” father-of-six on Christmas Day. Kirsty Carless, 33, appeared at Stafford Crown Court via video link from HMP Foston Hall in Derbyshire on ...

The ambulance was locked at the time while the paramedics were inside a patient’s home in Harrow, north-west London.

Train services in South London will be disrupted over the late May bank holiday due to major upgrade works at Blackheath Tunnel, Hither ...

British Gas is offering customers half-price electricity as part of its “PeakSave scheme” this May Bank Holiday weekend. Customers are rewarded for shifting electricity usage to times when demand is ...

South Western train services to and from London Waterloo via the Raynes Park area will be cancelled this Bank Holiday weekend.

The German economy grew by 0.4% in the first quarter thanks to stronger-than-expected exports and manufacturing, official data showed. That was double the growth initially estimated for Europe’s ...

Flaviu Naghi, 34, pleaded not guilty to two charges relating to the death of six-month-old Sophia Kelemen in Tenby in January.

US packaging maker International Paper has announced plans to close five sites in the UK, putting about 300 jobs at risk, following its acquisition of DS Smith. The company said it needs to become ...

In a treaty to “complete the process of decolonisation of Mauritius”, the Government has agreed to pay at least £120 million-a-year for 99 years for control of the vital Diego Garcia base, plus hand ...

The weapon was not fired and no-one was injured in the incident at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow early on Friday.

Extreme weather is the way in which most people experience climate change and it hits the most vulnerable hardest, Friederike Otto said.