NHS England figures today say it was the busiest year on record for emergency services. Flu cases are high – it is cold – and ...

We spoke to Malibu resident Jon Turteltaub. He’s also a film director and his credits include ‘Cool Runnings’, ‘National Treasure’ and ‘The Meg’. We reached him on a video call from outside his house, ...

First Londonderry, then there was Hull and Coventry. Now, it’s the turn of Bradford to take up the mantle of UK City of Culture. The year-long festival will see the West Yorkshire city revel in its ...

We spoke to the economist Rupert Harrison who was chief of staff to former Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne. He stood for the Conservatives in last year’s general election and we asked him ...

The Environment Secretary has been met by a barrage of tractor horns and heckling farmers as he gave a speech on reforming the agricultural sector. Steve Reed wanted to speak about reforms aimed at ...

Experts have warned that the cost of the claims from the fires in the past couple of days could push the California insurance industry to the brink of collapse. And the crisis is not over yet.

We were joined by John Vaillant, journalist and author of the Baillie Gifford prize for non-fiction for his book Fire Weather, an account of the 2016 inferno that engulfed the oil town of Fort ...

The cost of government borrowing rose again this morning and the pound fell – with financial markets still worried by the country’s faltering economy and weak public finances. The Chief Secretary to ...

The Southern California fire season has become an annual event. But after eight months of no rain and unusually high winds, the start of 2025 has been catastrophic, with flames tearing through some of ...

The pound has slumped to its lowest level in nine months after government borrowing costs surged to their highest since the ...

In a few days, the UK’s first drug consumption room will open its doors in Glasgow. The centre, known as ‘The Thistle’, will provide a clean place for people to inject drugs under medical supervision.

Key figures including Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, and Elon Musk, owner of social media site X, have called for a full ...