There were 247,703 conceptions leading to a legal abortion in 2022, a 13.1% rise on the 218,923 recorded in 2021, the ONS said.

A council has asked people for their views to shape a new policy to control houses in multiple occupation, and huge numbers want to see tougher rules.

Four education unions have made a ‘united’ call to ministers to provide additional investment to schools for increased staff salaries.

Effigies of migrants in a boat have been placed on a loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland, prompting condemnation and calls for the display to be removed ahead of the pyre being lit.

A teenager has told a court of the moment his stepbrother allegedly tried to kill him in a knife attack while lying on his bed about to play a game.

Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art will comprise more than 200 objects including garments, accessories, jewellery and paintings.

Sir Paul McCartney has paid tribute to his “dear friend” and “incredible” artist Sir Brian Clarke after his death aged 71.