The Government is working on contingency plans for housing asylum seekers after a court ruled that they should be removed from a hotel in Epping, Essex. Ministers are now bracing for further legal ...

There were three patient deaths, two of them as a result of complications linked to the outbreak at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge.

The official said after receiving approval from military leaders, the plan would now progress toward the final approval stage. It remains unclear when the operation will begin. The official said ...

Workers at aircraft manufacturer Airbus are to stage a series of strikes in a dispute over pay. Unite said around 3,000 of its members will walk out for 10 days in September after they voted ...

Consumer Prices Index inflation increased to 3.8 in July, from 3.6 in June, the Office for National Statistics said.

The cap on regulated fare rises in England, Scotland and Wales is controlled by the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments respectively.

If that formula is used to set next year’s fare increase, the cost of train travel will jump by 5.8%. Pressure group Railfuture recently told the PA news agency “it would be outrageous” if fares even ...

A Catrine man who assaulted three police officers and his partner on the same day claims he couldn't remember any of it.

John Swinney has said Shetland will play a “significant role” in efforts to drive economic growth ahead of his visit to the islands. Scotland’s First Minister said the islands are well placed to ...

A key mediator has stressed the urgency of brokering a ceasefire in Gaza after Hamas showed a “positive response” to a ...

A major wind farm developer has signed an agreement which will see £14m invested in East Ayrshire communities.

Tensions have soared between the two neighbouring countries following the overthrow of Syrian president Bashar Assad in December.