An 11-year-old boy struck and killed by a train at a level crossing is believed to have been distracted by a video on his mobile phone, an investigation has found.

Kemi Badenoch has accused the Labour Government of having given up on trying to “live within its means”, as she criticised Rachel Reeves’s speech setting the stage for tax rises as “one long waffle ...

“Predatory and controlling” former police officer David Carrick sexually abused a girl and a woman in a “pattern” of offending spanning many years, a court has heard. Carrick, 50, is accused of ...

Ukrainian long-range drones have attacked an industrial plant around 800 miles inside Russia. The attack came as Ukraine’s army remained locked in an intense battle to hold back a Russian push on the ...

Sir Alan Bates has had his Horizon compensation claim settled for a reported seven-figure sum. The former subpostmaster previously labelled the redress schemes for victims of the Post Office scandal ...

Robinson was driving a silver Bentayga to the Spanish resort of Benidorm when he was stopped by officers at the Channel Tunnel in Folkestone.

One in 10 children in the first year of primary school in England is obese – the highest figure on record outside the pandemic, figures show.

Offshore Energies UK and Scottish Renewables have written a joint letter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband.

A new buzzword is hopping through HR and corporate circles: the ‘office frog’. The term has been coined to describe younger employees – particularly those of Gen Z – who move frequently from one job ...

Rachel Reeves put the country on notice that tax rises are coming in her Budget, saying “each of us must do our bit”. The Chancellor declined to recommit to Labour’s manifesto commitments not to raise ...

Scientists assessed the feasibility of injecting particles into the stratosphere to cool the Earth to help growing conditions for ‘luxury’ crops.

This equates to around 5.4 million vapers and 4.9 million smokers, the ONS figures suggest. David Mais, from the ONS, said: “Interestingly, our 2024 data show that, for the first time, the number of ...