A man has admitted murdering and decapitating his 21-year-old girlfriend before texting her mother pretending to be her and ...

The Scottish Government has announced it will open applications for mitigation of the welfare policy on March 2.

Ministers also said up to £544 million in ‘clean energy bonus’ funding would back wind developers prioritising investment in ...

The Justice Secretary asked police to launch a review after a newspaper reported a transgender killer had their record ‘wiped’.

An opponent of the assisted dying Bill has claimed such a service “could become the trojan horse that breaks the NHS” after Health Secretary Wes Streeting was questioned about the availability of ...

Marie Anderson said she has delegated authority in her office’s chief executive and senior staff to ensure work can continue.

The largest review of the water sector since privatisation has come under criticism for not going far enough to ensure systemic change.

Pope Leo XIV will resume the papal tradition of taking a summer break outside Rome, the Vatican has announced. Leo will head to the papal retreat of Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, from July 6-20 “for ...

Jazwell Brown, 49, fatally stabbed Joanne Pearson, 38, and Teohna Grant, 24, in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire on December 25 last year.

A Labour MP has proposed a new law, so unmarried mothers whose partners die during their pregnancy can name both parents on a child’s birth certificate. Jen Craft said her Registration of Births ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s Government is facing a possible rebellion among his own MPs who are unhappy about proposed changes to the system.

A woman was heard screaming on the night a mother-of-two was allegedly raped and murdered in her Bristol home almost 60 years ago, a jury heard. Louisa Dunne, 75, who had been twice widowed and lived ...