Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has refused to back the Prime Minister as Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham hinted at a potential future bid for the top job. Mr Burnham spoke to the New ...

Thousands of people are expected to line the route when a newly restored replica of Locomotion No.1 runs in County Durham.

Unite will not nominate either candidate in Labour’s deputy leadership election, the union has announced. Unite said neither Bridget Phillipson nor Lucy Powell represented the change required within ...

Sexual offences account for a growing proportion of cases with the longest delays in crown courts in England and Wales, figures show. Nearly one in five (18%) backlog cases that had been open for at ...

Valentina Locci said no sentence would be enough for the ‘callous, vicious, cold-blooded’ killing of her 15-year-old son.

The Government removed the VAT exemption and business rates relief for private schools in January to enable funding for 6,500 new teachers in state schools. The consultation runs from September 25 to ...

One of Britain’s busiest magistrates’ courts is closed because it has no water. Security staff shut the doors of Westminster Magistrates’ Court due to a burst water main in a nearby street. Manchester ...

Bryan Warrington, 36, died at Darent Valley hospital on September 12 after being transported in a police van to a custody suite.

Tolls on Bristol’s historic Clifton Suspension Bridge are set to rise for the first time in a decade. The trust which runs the bridge says the hike from £1 to £1.50 per crossing is required because of ...

The US coffee chain has launched a consultation over the proposed closures, putting jobs at risk, but has not revealed how many stores may be shut.