Kemi Badenoch has pledged to end a £100,000 childcare “cliff edge” to stop higher earners losing their entitlement. All parents working 16 or more hours a week would be eligible to get 30 hours of ...

Police are searching for Charlie Higgs, 29, linked to Gedney Hill, Spalding and Surrey, after failing to appear at Boston Magistrates’ Court over rape charges; contact 101.

Mrs Badenoch’s party finds itself behind both Labour and Reform UK in the opinion polls as she enters her second year of leading the Tories.

A Dutch porridge champion used water she brought from the Netherlands in her recipe to claim the World Porridge Making Champion title in Scotland. Gina Saarberg, 28, was named champion and won the ...

Michelle O’Neill was speaking as thousands of people gathered for a rally in support of residents who are opposed to an Orange Order march.

Up to 50 people had gathered for a memorial service nearby at the time the man was killed, the Metropolitan Police said.

Hundreds of anti-immigration protesters have gathered in two port cities on the south coast amid police restrictions and warnings against the use of face coverings. In Southampton, anti-migrant ...

The SNP released new statistics that say the majority of Scottish students graduate with less than half the debt of students in England and Wales.

A 25-year-old dual UK-Iranian national has been bailed after being arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts.

Latvians are electing a new parliament on Saturday as pro-Ukraine prime minister Andris Kulbergs seeks a full term. The vote comes as the small republic on Nato’s eastern flank contends with growing ...

Russian attacks in Ukraine have killed at least six people and damaged Kyiv’s Northern Bridge, suspending traffic and causing tailbacks for a third day, in Moscow’s latest effort to disrupt life in ...