Some areas in the country will have the ‘first meaningful rain for a long time’, the Met Office said, after weeks of heatwaves.

Donors gave hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of support in the months leading up to Andy Burnham’s leadership win.

A couple and their teenage daughter have died after getting into difficulty off the Sussex coast. Multiple ambulances and two air ambulances were seen in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, near the RNLI ...

Fifteen fire engines and about 100 firefighters are tackling a waste fire in south-east London. London Fire Brigade said the blaze on Landmann Way, in Deptford, involves about 50 tonnes of household ...

The move is reminiscent of the Everyone In scheme in the pandemic when thousands of rough sleepers across England were brought in off the streets.

The Government should prioritise cheap energy over decarbonising Britain’s power grid, senior Conservative Claire Coutinho will say. The shadow energy secretary will lay out her party’s case for ...

Firefighters have completed work to tackle the Cairngorms wildfire nearly five weeks after it began. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) said crews left the scene on Monday and handed the ...

Lee Ellis, of Blacker Lane, Calder Grove, Wakefield, has been charged with manslaughter and being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control.

Exempting a type of manslaughter from early release from prison could be a solution to prevent the release of Pc Andrew Harper’s killers, a former leading judge has indicated.

The competition watchdog raised concerns in its latest update over ‘passive pricing strategies’ used by the majority of retailers.

National Grid contractors will visit homes in Churchill, Langford and Long Ashton as part of a routine electricity safety inspection programme ...

North Somerset Council is testing a new pothole-proof road surface outside the council’s offices. As well as repairing potholes, Multi Contracting Services Ltd’s “multi mastic” product is supposed to ...