The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced this week that NB.1.8.1 has so far only been detected in small numbers within the UK, but added that international data indicates that the sub-variant ...

Motorists are facing traffic disruption as a spate of gas works started today (June 9). It comes as several road closures are put in place throughout the month that are expected to affect those living ...

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 ...

Habibur Masum, 26, launched a ‘ferocious’ knife attack on Kulsuma Akter, 27, after confronting her on a street in Bradford, West Yorkshire.

Firefighters tackled a blaze at a recycling site this morning. Four fire engines were called to the scene in Allington, Maidstone shortly after 11.30am today (June 9). The premises were evacuated, and ...

Nigel Farage has said his party wants to restart Port Talbot’s blast furnaces and “re-industrialise Wales”. On a visit to South Wales, the leader of Reform UK said the resumption of traditional ...

Alice Figueiredo who died at Goodmayes Hospital, a mental health facility in Redbridge, north-east London, on 7 July 2015 (Metropolitan Police / PA.) An NHS trust has been cleared of corporate ...

The winter fuel payment controversy has shown just how ‘radioactive’ any attempt at reform has become, one finance expert said.

Samuel Barrett, from Rainham, was last seen in his slippers at the town’s shopping centre at around 11.30am today (June 9). Officers believe the 19-year-old travelled to Chatham town centre where he ...

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.

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 SNP came “frustratingly close” to winning the Hamilton by-election, First Minister John Swinney has said. Scottish Labour’s Davy Russell won a surprise victory on Thursday, with the SNP coming ...