The Justice Secretary has announced more emergency measures to curb prison overcrowding as she warned jails are on track to be down to “zero capacity” by November. Shabana Mahmood unveiled changes to ...

Public health officials urge farm visitors to wash hands after petting animals as more cases linked to animal feeding sessions emerge.

Kyra Hill got into difficulty in a designated swimming area at Liquid Leisure near Windsor, Berkshire, in August 2022.

The backlash to Sir Keir Starmer’s speech on immigration has been “way overblown”, a senior Cabinet minister has said. The Prime Minister has faced criticism for the language he used in the speech, ...

More than 30,000 people in the UK were infected with viruses, including HIV and hepatitis C, after receiving contaminated blood.

Tim FitzHigham, creative director of St George’s Guildhall in King’s Lynn, Norfolk described it as the “dry equivalent of the Mary Rose”. The theatre identified 15th century floorboards believed to ...

Former Cunard staff and guests have come forward with their memories after an appeal to track down the faces featured in an exhibition marking the shipping line’s 185th anniversary.

Care staff working at Enable Scotland are to go on strike in a dispute over pay in the first national care walkout in more than a decade, Unison has announced. The strike will roll out across five ...

Energy suppliers were sitting on £3.3bn last year from the millions of customers whose accounts have built up credit ...

The South Ayrshire Communities Fun Day is scheduled for Saturday, May 17, from 11am and 4pm at Ayr Academy and the Riverside Sports Arena. To support the event, Stagecoach is providing a free shuttle ...

Traffic Scotland is reporting that the A77 has been shut northbound following a road traffic incident. It is understood that this took place around the slip road from the Bellfield Interchange, where ...

Stuart Murdoch, the lead singer of Belle and Sebastian, has joined campaigners to call for urgent action on ME (Myalgic encephalomyelitis). The singer and other people with the condition, which is ...