Wicked and Charlie And The Chocolate Factory were among the inspirations for some of this year’s World Book Day costumes. The ...

The number of children on formal protection plans in England because of sexual abuse has fallen to its lowest level on record, according to analysis which has prompted a charity to warn thousands of ...

If long NHS waiting lists are cut, the economy will grow, Scottish Secretary Ian Murray is expected to say. According to figures released earlier this week, more than 700,000 people are thought to ...

Britain’s space industry would receive a jobs and investment boost if a cap on liabilities for companies launching spacecraft is approved by Parliament, according to an MP. Labour’s John Grady said ...

The King has collaborated with Apple Music to launch The King’s Music Room show, sharing his personal playlist of hits that bring him joy, including disco, reggae and Afrobeats. Bob Marley, Kylie ...

Sir Keir Starmer will speak to European leaders on Friday as he presses on with a diplomatic push over Ukraine. The Prime Minister and French President Emmanuel Macron are seeking countries willing to ...

More than a million Scots could be hit by proposed changes to the tax-free allowance for cash Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs), the SNP has said. Branding the plans a “tax on savers”, the party says ...

London boroughs which opposed Sir Sadiq Khan’s expansion of the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) have seen the largest reductions in a harmful air pollutant because of the policy, according to a new ...

Karol Swiacki, from Bournemouth, shared his disbelief after surviving the attack on his hotel in central Ukraine.

The biggest expansion of water fluoridation in England since the 1980s is to go ahead, officials have announced. The Government estimates that the expansion of the water fluoridation programme across ...

A national supervised toothbrushing campaign has been launched in a bid to “revive” the country’s oral health. The programme, in which children are encouraged to brush their teeth with a fluoride ...

People who lost their sense of smell, and accompanying taste, because of long Covid, have had it restored thanks to nasal surgery. Experts at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust ...