Shadow ministers raised research from the Institute of Directors’ Economic Confidence Index, which measures business leader optimism.

Israel’s foreign minister has confirmed that Israeli troops in Gaza have killed Hamas’s top leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war.

The number of people dying in or after police custody in England and Wales has been described as “extremely concerning” as figures show more than half had mental health problems. The Independent ...

A man and two women have been remanded in custody over the death of a 23-month-old child in Co Tyrone. Tavia Da Costa is believed to have died on Sunday just weeks before her second birthday.

Her entertainment career spanned eight decades across film, TV and the stage, but she is best remembered for her turn in 1958 film South Pacific.

The Social Security Advisory Committee admonished the Government for not providing an impact assessment of its plan to scrap the universal payment.

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said passengers will be able to save up to 50 off the price of Advance and off-peak fares.

New figures for England show 346,217 new cancer cases were diagnosed in 2022 – an average of 948 every day – compared to 329,664 in 2021.

The pilot involved in the Shoreham Airshow disaster where 11 men died will not get his flying licence back after losing a challenge to aviation chiefs. Andrew Hill, 60, appealed the bid to revoke his ...

Cat Eccles told an adjournment debate that the UK is languishing behind its European neighbours when it comes to ultra-fast broadband.

Payne died after falling from the third-floor balcony of the CasaSur Hotel in the Palermo area of Buenos Aires.

Police have so far arrested 150 people in relation to disorder in Stoke-on-Trent and Tamworth in early August.