DOWNING Street has defended Rachel Reeves’s record of being “straight with the public” amid claims the Chancellor has embellished her CV.

Data from the Office for National Statistics shows 316,000 new businesses were created in 2023, down from 337,000 the year before.

Cheshire Child Death Overview Panel said she heard concerns regarding Lucy Letby 10 months after they were first raised.

The Welsh Government will create a deposit return scheme for Wales, after pulling out of a UK-wide approach which did not include glass bottles, it has announced. England, Wales, Scotland and Northern ...

KEIR Starmer has been called out for his continued denial of a genocide in Gaza after a video of him arguing genocide had taken place in Croatia ...

THE UK will “double down” on support for Ukraine, fuelling speculation that British-supplied missiles could be used by Kyiv’s forces to hit targets deep inside Russia. Joe Biden has allowed Ukraine to ...

Celtic outcast Gustaf Lagerbielke has endured a whirlwind 16 months. Brendan Rodgers’ side paid £3million to sign the highly-rated centre-back from Elfsborg during the 2023 summer transfer window. But ...

Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed eight people, including two children aged seven and nine, and their parents, Palestinian officials said on Monday. A third child, who was 10 years old, was ...

Scottish businessman and former Rangers owner Craig Whyte has fired a tongue-in-cheek barb at the Scottish National Party on social media. Kicked off by outspoken political commentator Wings Over ...

The family of a German backpacker murdered in Northern Ireland has “trust and considerable hope” that a new inquest can deliver long-awaited answers about her death, a coroner has heard. The body of ...

The incident happened on the day the King had an egg thrown at him in Luton before returning to the palace to host a reception.

THE owner of Grangemouth oil refinery has turned down an offer to buy out the site ahead of its proposed closure next year.