Both Emmanuel Macron and Sir Keir Starmer aim for ‘concrete progress’ on the matter at Thursday’s Franco-British summit.

Plans for a new mayoral election could be pushed back by a year. Cumberland Council and Westmorland and Furness Council have written to the Government requesting that the proposed 2026 Cumbria mayoral ...

Contractors are “on standby” to remove a loyalist bonfire in south Belfast which has sparked concern, a Sinn Fein MLA has said. Legal action is also understood to be planned against the towering pyre ...

A Labour MP who led a rebellion against the Government’s benefits plan has labelled it an “omnishambles”, which she warned could leave disabled people worse off. Rachael Maskell said pressing ahead ...

Christian Horner was reduced to tears when he announced to his Red Bull staff that his two-decade spell as team principal had been terminated. The 51-year-old was effectively sacked from his role by ...

Gregory Twigg, 32, has denied intending to cause serious harm to Lee Woodward, 39, who died in hospital 10 months after he was punched three times.

A former PE teacher has appeared in court charged with 13 sexual offences against three children. Bronwen James, 29, of Chippenham, Wiltshire, appeared at Salisbury Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ...