The number of new homes added to England’s housing stock each year has fallen to its lowest level in nearly a decade, figures show. Some 208,600 new dwellings were created in England in 2024/25, down ...

Asda has agreed to sell a raft of supermarket stores and a depot in order to bolster its finances. The debt-laden grocery giant said it would secure £568 million through sale of the sites, which it ...

A woman has appeared in court charged with making threats to Irish deputy premier Simon Harris and his family.

The reformed asylum system will be a “fair system” despite concerns from senior Labour figures over the changes, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said. A raft of measures were set out on ...

The BBC’s head of content has said outgoing director-general Tim Davie will be “hard to replace” and his resignation came as a “bolt from the blue.” Davie and the chief executive of BBC News, Deborah ...

Predatory ex-police officer David Carrick has been handed his 37th life sentence after being convicted of sexual abuse dating back 35 years. Carrick, 50, who served as an armed officer in the ...

A MAN was taken to hospital following a crash which saw police close a road in Widnes. Emergency services were called to the incident on Everite Road at around 6.10pm yesterday, Wednesday. Police, ...

Women and equalities minister Bridget Phillipson said she is considering “thoroughly and carefully” guidance from a watchdog which is reported to suggest transgender people could be banned from single ...

Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! has said it is “flush with excitement” after buying a solid gold toilet for 12.1 million US dollars (£9.3 million) at auction. An edition of the fully functioning toilet ...

The number of young people not in employment, education or training has fallen slightly but remains close to a million, figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the number of ...

Eric Trump has congratulated Scotland on qualifying for the World Cup, saying his family are “delighted”. Scotland sealed their place at the men’s World Cup for the first time in nearly 30 years with ...

Around 100 schools in northern Scotland are closed as snow and ice bring further disruption across the area. Much of the north of Scotland is covered by a Met Office yellow warning for snow and ice, ...