Good transport links to big cities appear to be key to better social mobility, the 2024 state of the nation research said.

Pope Francis has flown to Singapore for the final leg of his trip through Asia, arriving in one of the world’s richest ...

London Fire Brigade (LFB) Commissioner Andy Roe said the United States, as one of the most competitive commercial environments in the world, has managed to maintain a profitable construction industry ...

The pair will listen to Kyiv’s calls for permission to use Western long-range weapons to strike Russian territory.

A flash flood has swept away an entire hamlet in northern Vietnam, killing 30 people and leaving dozens missing as deaths from a typhoon and its aftermath climbed to 155 on Wednesday.

A Love Where You Live campaign has been launched in Bridlington to encourage people to help in the fight against fly-tipping.

A man with learning disabilities who was jailed for life in 1991 for the murder of a shopkeeper in London has had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal. Three judges ruled on Wednesday that ...

Cleaner wrasse have the ability to construct a mental image of their body after looking at themselves in the mirror.

The Government will seek to “drive out disreputable landlords from the sector” with legislation being introduced on Wednesday, housing and planning minister Matthew Pennycook has said. The Renters’ ...

An investigation is under way after part of a bridge in eastern Germany collapsed early on Wednesday, disrupting a major traffic artery in Dresden and interrupting the city’s heating system. No-one ...

Approximately 11,000 patients are being contacted by a hospital trust over incorrect blood test results, with some potentially misdiagnosed as diabetic. Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust ...

WH Smith’s pivot towards airport and station shops has boosted the retailer’s full-year revenues, despite weakening performance on the high street. The London-listed company said like-for-like revenue ...