Councillors were recommended to approve the plan but decided to defer the decision to give residents more time to comment.

Parents who want to homeschool their children face having to get permission from their local council, if their child is at risk of harm, according to plans in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill ...

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has been disqualified from driving for 56 days and ordered to pay £1,052 after he admitted driving at 85mph in a 50mph limit. The 31-year-old was caught ...

Kallum Pickering, chief economist at brokerage Peel Hunt, said: “If bond yields rise further, Reeves may be forced to make the economically damaging decision of further increasing taxes or cutting ...

Massive wildfires have torn across the Los Angeles area, destroying more than 1,000 structures and killing at least two people. At least four separate blazes were burning in the metropolitan area, ...

The bodies’ recovery comes as Israel and Hamas are considering a ceasefire deal that would free the hostages and halt the fighting in Gaza.

A major global analysis examined the extinction threat to 23,496 freshwater species of fish, dragonflies, damselflies, crabs, crayfish and shrimp.

Ashes rivals Ashleigh Gardner and Tammy Beaumont have called for more Test cricket to be played in future series between their sides. England opener Beaumont and Australia all-rounder Gardner are set ...

Around 4,000 people are still without power while 4,500 are without water, though more sub-zero conditions overnight are expected to cause more disruption. The entire island was under weather warnings ...