Rugby league star Billy Boston is set to be knighted by the King at a Buckingham Palace investiture ceremony in a first for the sport.

Chris Minnoch, of the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, said lawyers have called the representative body ‘in tears’ over the situation.

A report has warned that a maximum of two weeks’ paternity leave ‘entrenches outdated gender stereotypes about caring’.

Labour’s Mary Kelly Foy said planning decisions on these sites ‘have frequently been underpinned by prejudice’.

No bus pass or registration will be required to access the scheme, which is due to run from July 19 to September 5.

A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has arrived at an Israeli port after Israeli forces stopped and detained them – enforcing a longstanding blockade of the Palestinian ...

Thunderstorm alerts could be issued this week, the Met Office warned as it forecast “intense rainfall” across parts of the UK. The deluge is expected to hit on Wednesday evening, after a drier and ...

Eurostar has confirmed plans to launch direct services connecting the UK with Germany and Switzerland. Announcing proposals, the trains would run between London St Pancras and both Frankfurt and ...

Customers who buy a Decathlon tent over the summer can return it once used, for a full refund in the form of a gift card.

The Government has been warned against raising the minimum income threshold for family visas to the same level for skilled workers as it is most likely to conflict with human rights law, an advisory ...

Labour rebels have lost a vote over nature protections, amid fears Government housebuilding reforms amount to a “wreckage”. Housing minister Matthew Pennycook said developers will be able to pay into ...