The Government has sought to demonstrate it is acting on its promises, but has not enjoyed a smooth first few months in office.

Blades, 54, who fronts primetime show The Repair Shop, is charged with one count of engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour towards his wife.

Margaret Thatcher’s choice to resume the Tory conference after the bombing 40 years ago was a signal she would not be stopped, Lord Butler says ...

Virginia McCullough poisoned her father John McCullough, aged 70 at the time of his death, with prescription medication and fatally stabbed her 71-year-old mother Lois McCullough shortly afterwards, ...

The elevator descending into the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near the town of Cripple Creek had a mechanical problem around 500 feet (152 metres) beneath the surface, creating a “severe danger for the ...

Hertfordshire Zoo has announced the hatching of two endangered African penguin chicks, named after Oasis frontmen Liam and Noel Gallagher. Liam and Noel are the first chicks hatched at Hertfordshire ...

Mobile phone users could be at risk of hacking, nuisance calls or having their phone cut off because of little-known rules around the recycling of old numbers, Which? has warned. The consumer group ...

The polling found a fifth of people asked said they do not want assisted dying to be legalised in this Parliament.

Reacting to the study, Matt Lambert, chief executive of the Portman Group, which receives funding from the drinks industry and has firms signed up to its code of practice, said: “This is a deliberate ...

Lee Carsley sidestepped questions about whether he wants the England job on a permanent basis after the interim boss said he will “hopefully” be returning to his role with the Under-21s following next ...

Interim head coach Lee Carsley could only equivocate over his future after his experimental England side were humbled at home with a 2-1 defeat ...

Robbie Brady revelled in the status of match-winner as the Republic of Ireland left it late to hand new head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson the first victory of his reign in Finland.