A raft of new peers are set to be announced, with numbers expected to be boosted on Labour’s benches in the House of Lords. Partygate investigator and Sir Keir’s ex-chief of staff Sue Gray is ...

Police say Natalie Rupnow, 15, killed herself as well as a teacher and fellow pupil in the shooting in Madison, Wisconsin.

The House of Representatives has rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s new plan to fund federal operations and suspend the ...

Natural History Museum scientists and their partners across the world named almost 200 species in the last 12 months.

The King will speak about his commitment to heritage crafts as part of a BBC Christmas special of Countryfile. The festive programme, filmed at Charles’s Highgrove home in Gloucestershire, will ...

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said 64,216 cars rolled off factory lines, 27,711 fewer than in November last year.

The Department for Transport has announced how much each local authority in England will receive to maintain roads in the next financial year.

An estimated four million people in the UK are preparing to spend the Christmas and new year period overseas, according to a travel trade organisation. Abta said Sunday will be the busiest day for ...

A “groundbreaking” drug which helps to prevent hearing loss among children undergoing cancer treatment has been given the green light for NHS use. Chemotherapy drug cisplatin is widely used to treat ...

Teachers should be given powers to compel parents of disruptive children to engage with them – tackling the “burgeoning crisis of behaviour” in schools, a report has said. Schools should be able to ...

A cosmetic and weight loss clinic that secretly filmed patients is “not safe”, the health watchdog has found as it put the provider in special measures to protect the public. A damning report from the ...

The bravery of Gisele Pelicot, the Frenchwoman who was raped by dozens of strangers after being drugged by her husband, features prominently on Friday’s front pages. The Daily Express and Metro lead ...