The issue is top of voters’ concerns but there is little support for Sir Keir Starmer’s approach, a poll has suggested.

Some 70% of UK consumers have received a scam message that appeared to come from a trusted source such as a delivery company, bank or government body, according to a survey. More than half of those ...

Thousands more people in England have been referred for liver cancer checks thanks to the expansion of an NHS scheme that sends scanning trucks into the community. The on-the-spot scans offered by the ...

A series of nationwide strikes by bus drivers is being threatened in disputes over pay and conditions. Around 7,500 members of Unite are either striking or balloting to take industrial action in areas ...

Almost 290,000 shoplifting cases went unsolved in 2024-25, according to House of Commons library analysis. The figures showed 55.5% of investigations in England and Wales failed to identify a suspect, ...

A £1.5 million government investment will help build two indoor cricket domes to allow the sport to be played all year round. The domes, in Luton, Bedfordshire and Farington, Lancashire, are intended ...

Party vibes are set to intensify on Monday as revellers flock to the Notting Hill Carnival for its final day. Colourful costumes, dancing and music filled the streets of west London for Europe’s ...

Sightings of great white sharks are on the rise in the waters off the north-east coast of the United States – an area where ...

A corgi named Amigo, sporting a factory-themed costume complete with two tiny chimneys and “Fur Factory” lettering, was named ...

Bus passengers could be banned from playing loud music under proposals to change the law set out by the Tories. Commuters on train journeys could also benefit from tougher enforcement of existing ...

A man who died after suffering serious head injuries in a “workplace accident” at a funfair has been named by police. Emergency services rushed to the Spanish City Summer Funfair in Whitley Bay in ...

The King and Queen, along with the Prince and Princess of Wales, have attended a Sunday service at a church near the Balmoral estate. Charles and Camilla were pictured in the back seats of a car ...