Some nine million pensioners in England and Wales will receive the winter fuel payment this winter, the Chancellor has announced. The payment, worth up to £300, will be restored to the vast majority ...

Pret, which has grown to an estate of 500 sites across the UK, is trialling the new format in Broughty Ferry near Dundee and Maidenhead, Berkshire.

Sir Keir acknowledged people’s concern about the rapid rise of AI technology and the risk to their jobs but stressed the benefits it would have on the delivery of public services, automating ...

The announcement comes after lead campaigner Sir Alan Bates said redress schemes had ‘turned into quasi-kangaroo courts’.

Matalan has unveiled plans to open new stores and refurbish shops across the UK as part of a £25 million investment into the fashion and homeware chain. The value retailer said physical shops remained ...

Green energy industrialist Dale Vince’s High Court claim against the publisher of the Daily Mail has been thrown out by a judge. Mr Vince brought legal action against Associated Newspapers Limited ...

Union membership in councils run by Reform has increased since the party took control of local authorities after the May elections, new figures reveal. The GMB said workers were “flocking” to join ...

Around 1,000 doctors have written to MPs urging them to vote against the assisted dying Bill describing it as “simply not safe”. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will return to the House ...

A HORSE trailer has been stolen from the A37 prompting a police appeal. Officers are appealing to the public after it was reported that a horse trailer was stolen from the A37 near Charminster on ...

A two-vehicle crash on a main route in west Dorset has damaged road signs. Delays were reported in both directions on the A35 near Charmouth yesterday afternoon following a two-vehicle crash. Police ...

Detectives have launched a murder inquiry after a 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death in a “horrific incident” in north Manchester. The teenager ran to a house nearby in New Moston after being ...

Russia launched 479 drones at Ukraine in the war’s biggest overnight drone bombardment, the Ukrainian air force said on Monday. Apart from drones, 20 missiles of various types were fired at different ...