The penalty comes after nearly 12,000 vulnerable OVO customers faced delays in receiving support through the Warm Home Discount scheme ...

Severn Stoke’s county councillor has welcomed the news that funding has been found for a much-needed flood defence scheme.

Roads have been flooded and rail travel disrupted as heavy rain batters some areas, with an amber weather warning in force in part of the country. The Met Office amber alert, in force in Angus, Perth ...

The blaze broke out in Camp 16, one of more than 30 camps in the Cox’s Bazar district that makes up the world’s largest refugee centre.

MP Harriett Baldwin has earned the 'heartfelt' thanks of villagers after she fought for funding for the Severn Stoke flood defence ...

A jury has been sworn in for the inquest into the death of Belfast schoolboy Noah Donohoe. The nine men and two women were selected on the fourth day of the process at Belfast Coroner’s Court, which ...

The Scottish Government has faced calls to release documentation relating to the opening of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

The Scottish Government is to set up a housebuilding agency to increase the pace of supply, the First Minister has announced. John Swinney said on Thursday the new body, More Homes Scotland, will be ...

The first asylum seekers have been moved into a former military barracks in East Sussex as ministers face pressure to end the use of hotels. Some 27 men have been housed at Crowborough Training Camp ...

At least two people were killed when landslides hit a house and campground in New Zealand, while emergency crews were trying to rescue others buried in rubble, officials said. The first hit a house in ...

The Scottish Hospitals Inquiry has been examining issues at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) and Royal Hospital for Children.

US stock markets rose overnight, while the UK’s FTSE 100, Germany’s Dax and France’s Cac 40 enjoyed gains on Thursday morning.