Wes Streeting said the change is being made in recognition of the difficulties young people face if they have grown up in care.

No 10 conceded the changes would be ‘difficult’ and kept ‘under review’ but insisted they were necessary to ‘modernise’ ...

Comedian Bob Mortimer has paid tribute to singer Chris Rea following his death at the age of 74, describing his friend as a Middlesbrough-born “legend”. The musician, whose hits include the festive ...

South Western Railway trials Starlink satellite Wi-Fi on London Waterloo–Portsmouth–Weymouth routes, boosting onboard internet coverage ...

After arranging to meet their targets at home, Rahmat Khan Mohammadi and Mohammed Bilal Hotak took mobile phones and passwords to steal their money.

Narrowboat owners have told of the “scary” moment they watched a boat being swallowed by a large “sinkhole” which breached a canal in Shropshire.

Council leaders are pressing the government to provide the full £44.6million of devolution funding before the postponed regional mayor ...

A man has been charged with drugging and raping his ex-wife, while five other men have been charged with sexual offences against the 48-year-old woman.