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 ...

One way for neighbourhood policing teams to prevent repeat offending is to apply to the court for special court orders known as criminal ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

A new jewellery store offering "luxury" piercing and tattoo services has officially opened at Lakeside Shopping Centre. Jewells is one of seven locations across the UK that launched on May 30 as part ...

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, ...

The Chinese-owned social media firm said its UK workforce would expand to 3,000 this year, with plans also for a second office in London.