The number of men in the UK living to a very old age is increasing faster than the rate for women, helping to push the elderly population to a new record high, figures show. Some 210,520 males were ...

Fiona Goddard and Ellie-Ann Reynolds resigned from the inquiry’s victims and survivors liaison panel on Monday and criticised the Home Office.

Communities will welcome a focus on “actual hate crime”, the justice minister said after Britain’s biggest force indicated it would stop policing “toxic culture war debates”. Sarah Sackman described ...

West Yorkshire Police said two more men from the prison had been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.

Thames Water has agreed to delay a possible appeal over how much it can charge for customer bills while talks over a refinancing deal with potential buyers take place. The UK’s biggest water firm said ...

Jarrod Bowen says West Ham will have to sit through the entire video nasty of their latest home Hammer horror show. They were beaten 2-0 by Brentford through goals from Igor Thiago and Mathias Jensen, ...

Edinburgh captain Magnus Bradbury has been recalled to the Scotland squad for the upcoming autumn internationals more than three years after his last cap.

Boris Johnson has denied there was a failure to plan for Covid school closures at the start of the pandemic, saying it would be “surprising” if there had been no planning.

Two-time World Cup winner Emily Scarratt has announced her retirement from rugby. The 35-year-old bows out after a 17-year England career which saw her win 119 caps and become her country’s record ...

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