There were 64,680 house sales in April – 64 lower than the 177,440 reported in March, according to estimates from HMRC.

HMS Lancaster had stalked the drug-runner’s boat for more than 24 hours after illegal operations were spotted by the warship’s drones.

RHS Chelsea gold medal winner Dawn Weaver will be sharing her passion for flowers and expertise on Wednesday, June 4. Widnes Blossoms, a community flower club, welcomes everyone to come along and ...

Ashirie Smith was given a minimum of 17 and a half years for the ‘serious, sustained’ attack on Mahir Abdulrahman at HMP Fosse Way.

Martin Lewis's Money Saving expert has revealed that thousands of UK households could claim a free £310. New TSB customers can get up to £310 in total value by simply moving their current account. The ...

Schools and the NHS are “not over that hurdle” of unsafe concrete, a minister has said. Catherine McKinnell also said ministers cannot “fix everything overnight” when asked how much of the maintenance ...

Four billion people, about half the world’s population, experienced at least one extra month of extreme heat because of human-caused climate change from May 2024 to May 2025, scientists have said.

Going ahead with welfare reforms will drive more people into homelessness, a number of major charities have warned the Government. Shelter and Crisis are among the signatories to a letter to the Work ...

A New Zealand flag printed with the words “please walk on me” and placed on the floor of an art gallery has once again been packed away following a public outcry, 30 years after protests forced the ...

A rate-setter at the Bank of England has said he remains “pretty concerned” about the economic outlook as he renewed calls to reduce interest rates further.

Cadent Gas, Scotland Gas Networks and Southern Gas Networks agreed to pay the funds after missing attendance time targets between 2022 and 2023.

A report from WWF and Aviva offers the first results from a network of towers measuring the carbon storage in coastal saltmarsh habitat.