Kristie Higgs, a Christian mother of two, was sacked from her role at Farmor’s School in Fairford, Gloucestershire, for sharing Facebook posts.

The decision to reinstate the winter fuel payment should have been made “a long time ago”, Scotland’s Social Justice Secretary has said. Chancellor Rachel Reeves said on Monday that nine million ...

The jury in Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes retrial has resumed deliberations after failing to reach a verdict last week. Jurors are in their third day of weighing charges against the former movie mogul ...

Meerkat pups are settling in and starting to “show a bit of character” in their home at a safari park. The four pups were born on May 10 to parents Cardi B and Biggie at Blair Drummond Safari Park ...

Nigel Farage has called for the blast furnaces in Port Talbot to be re-opened and for Wales to start producing coal again.

Habibur Masum, 26, launched a ‘ferocious’ knife attack on Kulsuma Akter, 27, after confronting her on a street in Bradford, West Yorkshire.

A lorry fire at the Oxfordshire border closed the A34 for hours and sparked miles of traffic . The incident occurred at 3:32am on Monday (June 9), on the A34 Southbound near Chieveley. Firefighters ...

Fourteen people were arrested by police as part of a crackdown on domestic abuse. Detectives and officers detained and questioned people wanted for domestic violence or threats, controlling and ...

The King has praised a 101-year-old veteran as “amazing” and told him to keep drinking whisky during a visit to Lancashire. Charles met Richard Brock, who served in the D-Day landings, at a reception ...

The winter fuel payment controversy has shown just how ‘radioactive’ any attempt at reform has become, one finance expert said.

A nine-year-old girl and her father have died and an 11-year-old girl is fighting for her life after a house fire. The two died after the blaze broke out in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, on Sunday, ...

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