GPs are being encouraged to stop handing out fit notes – also known as sick notes, to sign people off work, and instead offer ...

President Trump is visiting an area of Texas which was devastated by flash floods last weekend, killing more than 120 people.

Until the year 2000, being LGBT+ in the British military was a crime. Thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ...

The UK and France have agreed to a ‘one in, one out’ migrant deal that will see failed asylum seekers returned to France for ...

In a historic first, fighters from the Kurdish militant group, the PKK have ceremonially burned their weapons, marking the start of disarmament after more than 40 years of conflict with the Turkish ...

A UN report says almost 800 Palestinians have died seeking aid from distribution points run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Gaza, with some of those also killed near aid trucks, ...

From the south east to the Midlands, an amber heat alert is now in force across parts of England, with top temperatures expected to peak as high as 34 Celsius today and into tomorrow. Firefighters are ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is trying to reassure business leaders about the state of the UK economy, after GDP fell unexpectedly in May for the second month in a row. Economists had predicted the ...

The Unite Union, one of Labour’s biggest trade union backers, says it’s suspending the deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner over the Government’s support for Birmingham City Council during the bin ...

The former Met Police commissioner Ian Blair has died at the age of 72. Lord Blair led the force for three years, including at the time of the 7/7 terror attacks in the capital. This evening the ...

The Government has pledged to tackle what’s called ‘irregular migration’, people who arrive in the UK illegally or without permission. They’ve just agreed a ‘migrant return’ deal with France – aimed ...

An “extreme” risk of wildfires warning is in place for much of Scotland, where temperatures are expected to reach the high 20s this weekend.