Pubs allowed to stay open later to mark VE Day 80th anniversary

Security experts estimated that 5% of all those caught shoplifting by staff on a weekly basis were aged over 50

The number of candidates for advertised jobs has increased substantially

Nearly 39% of buy-to-let properties purchased in Britain during the first four months of 2025 were located in these regions

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will on Monday unveil plans to tighten immigration rules, confronting an issue that has bedeviled successive governments and fueled the rise of a new anti-immigrant party that could threaten the country’s political establishment

The Foreign Secretary will host foreign ministers of the Weimar+ group at Lancaster House

Labour prime minister to unveil new ‘contributor model’ he says will boost economic growth in the wake of surge of support for Nigel Farage and Reform

The M4 near Reading in Berkshire is closed between junctions 11 and 10 and junctions 8, 9 and 11 following the incident

Public Health Wales said the cryptosporidium outbreak had left 16 people in hospital

MPs due to vote on controversial legislation this week, but Labour prime minister Sir Keir Starmer is set to miss debate

Survivors must go through lengthy and expensive process to keep address off public register after securing debt help

Around 40 search and rescue volunteers are searching for Eli Sweeting, 25, who is originally from Bristol

Lindsay Hoyle accepted gifts from foreign dignatories and even Tory MP Priti Patel

Exclusive: Shift in politics has prompted media platforms to backpedal on the handling of harmful online information, charity claims

Exclusive: Labour prime mininster Keir Starmer under pressure to ensure workers get the wages they deserve

Home secretary Yvette Cooper to set out sweeping measures as Labour attempts to deal with growing threat from Nigel Farage and his Reform party

Most of the security lanes were out of action, and baggage systems were not working

Dame Barbara Woodward’s critics say she was reluctant to criticise Beijing while ambassador between 2015 and 2020

Exclusive: Foreign secretary David Lammy has revealed to The Independent his new push with international partners to tackle illegal migration as Yvette Cooper prepares to unveil her white paper on legal migration. Both come in the wake of a surge in popular support for Nigel Farage and Reform

Police say members of the public stepped in to help the baby's parent.

West Midlands Fire Service was called to the two fires on neighbouring roads near Wolverhampton in the early hours of Saturday morning

The slate plaque was unveiled at Rosemundy House, St Agnes -formerly a home for unmarried mothers.

Labour prime minister also threatens to increase military aid to Zelensky in symbolic show of solidarity in Kyiv as he says Europe and the US president ‘speaking with one voice’, weeks after White House showdown

Hull KR reach the Challenge Cup for the second time in three seasons as they overpower Catalans Dragons in York.

Cerys Vaughan says she was sanctioned by the Football Association after questioning a transgender player’s inclusion in women’s team

Labour prime minister Keir Starmer’s ambassador in Washington says US president also praised his good looks

The fires broke out minutes apart in two houses on neighbouring Bilston streets.

Thousands once again turned out for this year's annual Spalding Flower Parade.

It comes after an elderly man was attacked near a children's playground in north London on Tuesday.

Sisters of a man who died of carbon monoxide poisoning try to raise awareness of the dangers.