Road bosses say “every effort” is being made to ensure a North Yorkshire road reopens in time for a popular agricultural show. Work was due to be completed at Crosby New Bridge, at Crosby, between ...

The number of pupils in state schools in England is expected to decline by nearly 400,000 by 2030 amid falling birth rates, Government figures suggest. The population attending primary and nursery ...

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Northern Ireland’s First Minister has welcomed an announcement by the UK Government that it intends to lower the voting age to 16. Ministers are to bring forward a Bill before 2029 which will include ...

Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and 1960s whose hits include Pretty Little Baby, has died at the age of 87. Her death was announced on Thursday by her friend and publicist, Ron ...

SSE’s hydro generation dropped by about 40 in the three months to June, compared with the same period a year ago.

A man who was jailed on the basis of a corrupt police officer’s evidence has had his name cleared posthumously at the Court of Appeal. Errol Campbell, who died in 2004, had his convictions for theft ...

Senior Costs Judge Jason Rowley said on Thursday he would “recuse” himself from a hearing concerning the amount of legal costs to be paid after Harry sued Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), adding his ...

The Prime Minister and Friedrich Merz signed the deal – to be known as the Kensington Treaty – at the V&A Museum on London.

The world’s largest crane has lifted a 245-tonne dome into place on top of the first nuclear power station to be built in the UK for 30 years. The crane, nicknamed Big Carl, lifted the 14-metre tall ...

The Old Bailey, which houses 18 courtrooms, has been affected by floods in the past, as well as plumbing issues dubbed ‘the Great Stink’.

George Williams hopes England’s rugby league stars can follow in the footsteps of their cricketing counterparts during this Autumn’s ABK Beer Ashes Series against Australia.