The chairman of the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry has said ministers from during the pandemic and their aides will be called to give evidence, while the timeline for hearings is likely to slip into 2027.

Former footballer Joey Barton has been arrested after an alleged assault near a golf club. The 43-year-old is understood to be one of two men arrested after reports of an assault in Huyton, Merseyside ...

After nearly three hours of debate, the district’s council tax has been frozen after the council’s opposition proposed to reduce tax. Newark and Sherwood District Council’s cabinet agreed last week to ...

The owner of South West Water has said it is expecting to face penalties from the regulator after rainy and stormy weather led to leakage repairs and burst water mains. Pennon Group said power outages ...

An inmate has been charged with the prison murder of Soham killer Ian Huntley, police have said. Anthony Russell, 43, will appear before magistrates charged with murdering the 52-year-old at HMP ...

Newark played some of their best rugby of the season to outlast old rivals Paviors in an excellent match on Saturday.

The families of three girls killed in the Southport stabbings have said they were “extremely alarmed” after a teenager who wanted to carry out a copycat attack avoided a jail sentence. Axel Rudakubana ...

Domino’s Pizza has said order numbers fell last year as it contended with weaker consumer sentiment and after hiking prices to combat increased labour costs. The pizza delivery chain nonetheless said ...

Pupils at a rural primary school north of Newark has been regularly swapping desks for den-building in the woods thanks to a new partnership.

A heart attack victim has escalated a complaint about his hospital care to the ombudsman, after feeling an NHS trust is ‘fobbing him off’.

MSPs will this week debate more than 300 amendments to the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill, ahead of ...

Drug driving and harassment were among the latest cases from the area to be heard at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court.