Bridget Phillipson said a Tory amendment to the schools Bill is unnecessary as she defended removing automatic academisation of failing schools.

A panel in the case of a Metropolitan police officer who is alleged to have used the term ‘cotton pickers’ has retired to consider its verdict.

The Breakfast Show host was serenaded by a choir performing a medley of songs with altered words to celebrate his name.

Millport Golf Club have urged everyone to steer clear from the course while checks take place due to trees having come down during the ...

Christopher Bell, 45, left his door open when he came out of his house to run after Ian Langley, 54, who had thrown a stone at his home.

A dog owner from Cornwall is out to wow the crowds when she enters Crufts in March. Dani Fellows, 29, will show at the world's greatest dog show with her beloved three-year-old Rottweiler/Akita ...

The funeral of former deputy prime minister John Prescott will take place in Hull on Thursday. More than 300 family, friends and colleagues have been invited to the service at Hull Minster, beginning ...

A North Ayrshire Council project is set to make life easier for residents by supplying them with free bicycles.

Comedian Jayde Adams (left) and Steps star Ian ‘H’ Watkins (second left) arrive for the funeral of The Vivienne in Denbighshire, North Wales (Danny Lawson/PA) Also in attendance was Steps singer Ian ...

The 14-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denies the attempted murder of two teachers and a pupil at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in April 2024.

The next generation must not be allowed to focus on online “clickbait” and ignore the grim lessons of the Holocaust, David Lammy said. The Foreign Secretary said youngsters needed to understand “how ...

First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly called on NIE Networks to make goodwill payments to those cut off.