A Labour-affiliated trade union has issued a strongly-worded plea for the Government to intervene in the long-running Birmingham bin strike. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) called on Prime Minister Sir ...

Parts of the country could see half a month’s rainfall on Monday as forecasters warn summer storms could bring flash flooding. Heavy, thundery downpours are forecast to hit parts of the UK, with an ...

Almost half of people think that Government plans to improve the health of the nation will have no difference, or make it harder to get a GP appointment, according to a survey. More than four in 10 ...

A Minehead school will reopen on Monday for the first time since a bus crash which left one pupil dead and others injured. Minehead Middle School in Somerset closed on Friday after a school bus with ...

Manufacturers are pressing for the original plan for a high-speed rail line reaching Leeds and Manchester to be resurrected as part of a major strategic investment in the rail network. Make UK and ...

Women were more likely than men to describe education on menstrual cycles during their education as poor, the research also found.

County courts were described as the ‘Cinderella service’ of the justice system, gaining little attention compared with the criminal ...

Paul Nowak, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, said: “Far too many people won’t have enough pension for a decent retirement, and too many – especially women, BME (black and minority ...

Live football will be made available on prescription to help alleviate symptoms of depression under a scheme being piloted by a Labour MP and Ecotricity-owner Dale Vince.

Actress Dame Joanna Lumley has said she “wouldn’t mind” undergoing assisted dying if she reached a “miserable” state where she was unable to talk or eat without help.

What Not To Wear star Trinny Woodall has said there was “nothing I could have done” about her ex-husband Johnny Elichaoff’s suicide. On Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place podcast, the 61-year-old reflected ...