Andy Burnham has said ministers will consider whether standing charges can be removed from gas bills to ease cost pressures ...

Centuries-old letters from Navy commander Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson could fetch up to £6 million at auction. The collection is made up of 415 letters, documents and manuscripts relating to the ...

What caused inflation to rise last month? The ONS said the biggest contributor to higher inflation last month came from transport, particularly prices at the pump. Overall mot ...

An entire generation was almost wiped out when 150,000 tonnes of coal waste engulfed Pantglas Junior School on October 21 1966.

The investment would transform the sewage system around England’s largest natural lake where climate change is worsening impacts of pollution.

John Swinney has urged Andy Burnham to ring-fence a new fund derived from North Sea revenues to support the renewables transition in the north-east of Scotland. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the ...

East Renfrewshire Council is currently experiencing issues with its phone lines. The local authority made announcement on ...

Police are investigating an allegation that former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson raped a woman in the Houses of Parliament, it is understood. The Metropolitan Police did not identify the politician, 63 ...

Councillor Andrew Anderson, convener for education, said: "This sustained and continued excellence which we see across East Renfrewshire has been delivered through excellent leade ...