The department, which employs around 17,000 people, faces real-terms cuts in its budget over the coming years following last month’s ...

Mandatory work breaks were imposed in several regions, mostly on islands and parts of central Greece, where temperatures exceeded 40C.

There is a “clear association” between where you live and your risk of dying prematurely, with factors such as deprivation and ethnicity accounting for much of the difference across local areas, a new ...

The inquiry chairman said those caught up in the scandal will have ‘found the experience to be troubling at best and harrowing at worst’.

A 15-year-old boy is on trial for the murder of Harvey Willgoose, who was stabbed during a lunch break at All Saints Catholic High School, Sheffield.

A man has been taken to hospital after being shot by armed police outside a rural village pub in Kent. The shooting took place at around 9pm on Monday at The Park Gate Inn, in Hollingbourne, Kent.

Post Office bosses should have known Horizon was faulty but “maintained the fiction that its data was always accurate” when prosecuting subpostmasters, the first tranche of a public inquiry’s final ...

Almost 40% of Scottish respondents to a survey on workplace sexual harassment have reported inappropriate touching. The survey, run by trade union Unite, polled more than 6,000 women across the UK – 1 ...

Airport staff at several British airports receive bonuses for spotting oversized bags on easyJet flights, according to an email. Swissport staff at seven airports in the UK and the Channel Islands are ...

The alert will be in place from 10am on Wednesday to 10am on July 15, with ‘significant impacts’ likely across health and social care services.

Richard Shaw, 45, has been charged with fraud by abuse of position after the ‘comprehensive’ probe into Bolton Council.

The Government says it has already started work on three of the report’s recommendations: establishing an SME hub to provide support to new market entrants, a “defence exports office” in the Ministry ...