The Health Secretary has said failing hospitals will be named and shamed in league tables and NHS managers sacked if they cannot improve.

Chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies said he will retire after 11 years in charge, as the firm reported a 26.4 rise in half-year profit.

The pub group said the rise in employers’ National Insurance contributions will cost it £3 million with a further £5 million due in ...

Scotland’s First Minister has given farmers a “cast-iron” guarantee to return £46 million taken from the agriculture budget to combat the cost-of-living crisis. The cash was taken in 2022 and 2023 as ...

Marcus Osborne was jailed in March for the double killing which left Katie Higton, 27, with 99 injuries; and Steven Harnett, 25, with 24 wounds including mutilated genitals; after which Osborne said: ...

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has indicated the Government intends to legalise the use of private e-scooters on public roads. The Cabinet minister said introducing regulations for e-scooters is ...

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill has been urged to intervene after a Co Tyrone man was arrested in the UAE over an online review he posted. Craig Ballentine, 33, from Cookstown, was ...

Ryan Evans sent sexual messages and a picture of his penis to who he thought was a 12-year-old girl he was messaging on Facebook ...

For Hashtag United’s dedicated volunteer Tash Luff, matchdays are all about creating a welcoming atmosphere for fans, old and new.

Artefacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer in the late 1940s as part of the famous Kon-Tiki expedition are being returned to Chile’s Easter Island in the mid-Pacific.

Catherine Mann, an economist and member of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee, has not yet opted to reduce rates.

A man who has served more than 35 years in prison for the murder of a woman who was beaten to death when she ran out of petrol has had his conviction referred to the Court of Appeal. Diane Sindall was ...