Singer Ronnie Spector has died at the age of 78 following a "brief battle" with cancer, her family has confirmed.

At the Court House Retirement Home in Cheddar in Somerset, they know more than most about sacrifice and living under lockdown.

A mother and stepfather who kept her starving autistic son locked in an attic have been found guilty of false imprisonment.

A man has used a hammer to attack a statue sculpted by a sex abuser outside the BBC's Broadcasting House in central London.

Ovo Energy, the UK's third-biggest gas and electricity supplier, is to cut a quarter of its workforce as part of a restructuring aimed at saving costs amid the deepening industry crisis.

A man has used a hammer to attack a statue sculpted by a sex abuser outside the BBC's Broadcasting House in central London.

A police officer has been jailed after he was caught trying to arrange the abuse of an eight-year-old girl.

Benefits need to be hiked by twice as much as planned this spring in order to protect millions of the poorest in society from the impact of surging inflation, a respected economic think tank has argued.

Egypt is confident it can work with the world's largest emitter, China, to cut its emissions before the next UN climate talks COP27, hosted in Sharm el-Sheikh in November.