The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said 6.8 million people were living in very deep poverty in the year to March 2024.

Shop inflation overall was 1.5 higher than a year earlier – a significant increase on December’s 0.7, according to the BRC and NIQ.

The Gorton and Denton by-election is expected to take place on February 26, after former MP Andrew Gwynne stood down for health reasons.

Patients with suspected lung cancer could be diagnosed or have the disease ruled out faster under a new NHS pilot that combines artificial intelligence (AI) with robotic technology. Officials hailed ...

A Holocaust survivor who hid in a cellar to escape persecution said it was comforting to know his son would continue to tell his story. Paul Sved, 87, was born to a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary, ...