A nine-year-old girl has died and an 11-year-old girl is in a critical condition after a fire which also claimed the life of a man. The pair died after the blaze broke out in Heckmondwike, West ...

The warning came as Church Commissioners announced they would be investing more than £1.6 billion towards the work of the Church from 2026 to 2028.

Several figures have called for more funding as the Chancellor prepares to set out her spending plans on Wednesday.

Peter Easterby, who famously trained the likes of Sea Pigeon and Night Nurse, has died at the age of 95. A member of one of the most famous racing families in Yorkshire, he trained with great success ...

Some nine million pensioners in England and Wales will receive the winter fuel payment this winter, the Chancellor has announced. The payment, worth up to £300, will be restored to the vast majority ...

THE topic of free school meals has a lengthy history spanning decades. It first came into the public consciousness in 1906 when the government at the time introduced The Provision of Meals Act which ...

Pret, which has grown to an estate of 500 sites across the UK, is trialling the new format in Broughty Ferry near Dundee and Maidenhead, Berkshire.

Sir Keir acknowledged people’s concern about the rapid rise of AI technology and the risk to their jobs but stressed the benefits it would have on the delivery of public services, automating ...

The announcement comes after lead campaigner Sir Alan Bates said redress schemes had ‘turned into quasi-kangaroo courts’.

Scotland prop Zander Fagerson has been ruled out of this summer’s British and Irish Lions tour with a calf injury, head coach Andy Farrell has announced. The Glasgow Warriors tight head will be ...

West Ham are yet to make a formal decision on the future of Michail Antonio despite the forward being listed as a “free transfer” on the club’s retained list. Antonio’s current contract is due to ...

There had been speculation the five-time Ballon d’Or winner could join a club competing in this summer’s Club World Cup on a short-term deal.