Data from the Office for National Statistics shows 316,000 new businesses were created in 2023, down from 337,000 the year before.

Cheshire Child Death Overview Panel said she heard concerns regarding Lucy Letby 10 months after they were first raised.

A dangerous teenage driver from Bromley who crashed into a family home has been sentenced. Samin Ahmed reached speeds in excess of 130mph on the A2690 Coombe Valley Way near Bexhill.

One of the capital’s main train routes linking north and south London will be shut over Christmas. Thameslink has revealed that no services will run between St Pancras and Sutton from Christmas Day ...

The Welsh Government will create a deposit return scheme for Wales, after pulling out of a UK-wide approach which did not include glass bottles, it has announced. England, Wales, Scotland and Northern ...

The UK will “double down” on support for Ukraine, fuelling speculation that British-supplied missiles could be used by Kyiv’s forces to hit targets deep inside Russia. Joe Biden has allowed Ukraine to ...

She was supported by fellow Labour peer and science minister Lord Vallance of Balham and independent crossbencher Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho, a co-founder of travel website Lastminute.com and president ...

New research has revealed the areas of the UK which have seen the most cases of sunburn between January 2021 and May 2024. Online retailer Perfume Oasis analysed the results of a freedom of ...

The family of a German backpacker murdered in Northern Ireland has “trust and considerable hope” that a new inquest can deliver long-awaited answers about her death, a coroner has heard. The body of ...

The incident happened on the day the King had an egg thrown at him in Luton before returning to the palace to host a reception.

Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed eight people, including two children aged seven and nine, and their parents, Palestinian officials said on Monday. A third child, who was 10 years old, was ...

Ruben Amorim this week steps up preparations for his first match as Manchester United head coach. Ahead of Sunday’s Premier League trip to promoted Ipswich, the PA news agency takes a look at the ...