The assisted dying Bill is a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to bring about much-needed change, a former top prosecutor has said, as the MP behind the proposed legislation dismissed criticism of ...

Across the country as a whole, job vacancies fell by 15.1% in the four months since the budget, compared to the previous four months, the report said.

Police are investigating after a man reportedly exposed himself to a woman on a train between Wimbledon to Epsom.

Stamp prices will rise again this month, marking the sixth price hike by Royal Mail in three years. The cost of a first-class stamp will rise by 5p to £1.70 from next Monday, April 7. The price of a ...

Firefighters have worked through the night tackling a blaze which broke out on an industrial estate on Tuesday afternoon, leaving six people needing hospital treatment. Six fire engines went to the ...

A man shot dead by police at Milton Keynes railway station “moved at speed” towards officers with a knife, police have said. Officers had been called to the station at around 12.55pm on Tuesday ...

Last year was the fourth-busiest in the charity’s 201-year history, with lifeboats launched more than 9,100 times across the UK and Ireland.

Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip is expanding to seize “large areas” of the Palestinian territory, the country’s defence minister said on Wednesday.

Jack the Ripper was a serial killer who murdered five women but he was never caught for his crimes - here are his victims.

Sir Keir Starmer and British businesses are braced for the impact of Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs, which have the potential to derail the Government’s hopes for economic growth.

Heathrow Airport was warned about its power supply in the days before it closed because of an outage, MPs were told. Nigel Wicking, chief executive of Heathrow Airline Operators Committee, which ...

The exhibition features finds from the Thames foreshore and explores the role of mudlarks in uncovering history.