Chinese leader Xi Jinping has promised Malaysia and Vietnam greater access to Chinese markets as he tours south-east Asia ...

Israel’s defence minister has said troops will remain in so-called security zones in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely. The remarks by Israel Katz could further complicate talks with ...

Hundreds of thousands of families across England are finding out on Wednesday which primary school their child will be joining in September.

Unite the union says if guarantees that no worker will lose money could be put into writing by Birmingham City Council, a deal could be closer.

Transgender women with a gender recognition certificate can be excluded from single-sex spaces if “proportionate”, the Supreme Court has ruled as the Government said the decision brought “clarity and ...

Manchester bomb plotter Hashem Abedi has been moved to Belmarsh prison after an attack on three prison officers, it is understood. The guards were attacked with hot oil and homemade weapons at HMP ...

Gary Lineker and Gabby Logan have sent good luck messages to runners from Churchtown  Primary School, who are taking on the London Marathon in memory of the Southport stabbing victims. The group of ...

Doctors in two end-of-life cases can be named, the Supreme Court has ruled, after the parents of two children said they wanted to “tell their story”. Isaiah Haastrup, aged 12 months, and Zainab Abbasi ...

The Financial Reporting Council said it had started looking at the audits conducted between March 2015 and March 2018.

Control of Wiltshire Council could change for the first time in generation when voters go to the polls on May 1.

Women’s clothes have swung from positive annual inflation in January (up 4.2%) to negative inflation in February (down 0.2%) then back to positive inflation in March (up 2.7%). Potatoes, cheese, ...

UK house prices jumped by 5.4% in the year to February – the fastest rate in more than two years, new official figures show. The annual rate increased from 4.8% in the year to January, according to ...