The Prime Minister said this week that he wanted to look at widening eligibility for the payments worth up to £300.

A woman has appeared in court to deny murdering a “well-loved” father-of-six on Christmas Day. Kirsty Carless, 33, appeared at Stafford Crown Court via video link from HMP Foston Hall in Derbyshire on ...

The ambulance was locked at the time while the paramedics were inside a patient’s home in Harrow, north-west London.

His daughter said things got "massively out of proportion", as she remembered her "kind, compassionate, funny, hard ...

A man has been charged with child abduction following an incident in East Cornwall this week. A 37-year-old man from Lincolnshire has been charged with two counts of child abduction after an urgent ...

The German economy grew by 0.4% in the first quarter thanks to stronger-than-expected exports and manufacturing, official data showed. That was double the growth initially estimated for Europe’s ...

In a treaty to “complete the process of decolonisation of Mauritius”, the Government has agreed to pay at least £120 million-a-year for 99 years for control of the vital Diego Garcia base, plus hand ...

Flaviu Naghi, 34, pleaded not guilty to two charges relating to the death of six-month-old Sophia Kelemen in Tenby in January.

The weapon was not fired and no-one was injured in the incident at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow early on Friday.

US packaging maker International Paper has announced plans to close five sites in the UK, putting about 300 jobs at risk, following its acquisition of DS Smith. The company said it needs to become ...

An EastEnders actress is leaving after eight years and will be the last remaining member of one of Walford’s most popular families to bid farewell, but fans are "gutted". Clair Norris, who plays the ...

A Cornish builder has won a planning appeal to knock down a dangerous fire-damaged farmhouse and replace it with 32 new homes in an area ...