Despite the route not going to plan, Mr Stokes has been contacted by Guinness World Records, who say it could still be possible to set a new record. He said: “We were scuppered by Storm Floris, as two ...

The Prime Minister said Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ upcoming budget will ‘build on what we’ve done’ by focusing on ‘living standards’.

See how many bites are reported from the UK's only venomous snake species, the adder, each year, and how many deaths it is responsible for.

A business director accused of dumping 27 tonnes of waste which blocked off access to homes and businesses on a country lane has denied all the allegations against him. Darren Sheen, 40, entered not ...

The Duke of Sussex founded charity Sentebale in 2006 with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho to help young people and children in southern Africa.

A 21-year-old man is to deny murdering a Saudi Arabian student who was stabbed to death in Cambridge and will argue self-defence, a court heard. Mohammed Algasim, 20, died in Mill Park, a street near ...

Petrol containers should be marked or labelled with the words: “PETROL” and “HIGHLY FLAMMABLE”, a hazard warning sign and the capacity in litres. They should also have the manufacturer’s name and the ...

Doug Chalmers said it was ‘inappropriate for the government of the day to seek to guide the work of the independent electoral commission’.

Thousands of customers have spent a second night without power after Storm Floris swept in on Monday. Tens of thousands of people were left without power after high winds earlier in the week, which ...

Resident doctors in England have agreed a “window for negotiations” with Wes Streeting, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said. Dr Ross Nieuwoudt and Dr Melissa Ryan, co-chairs of the union’s ...

The Irish president Michael D Higgins will welcome the Princess Royal at his official residence in Dublin on Wednesday. Anne will visit Aras an Uachtarain (official residence) in the Irish capital, in ...

The volume of work decreased for all three sub-sectors in July – civil engineering, commercial and residential construction.