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.

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

Bradford and Walsall are working with police to identify a social media user over a post which referred to the fire at Valley Parade which claimed the lives of 56 people. Police were called in over a ...

Cheshire East would go bust if the government doesn’t give the go-ahead for the Middlewich Bypass because it couldn’t cover the £26m it ...

A person in the West Midlands has contracted bird flu after “close and prolonged contact with a large number of infected birds,” the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. The case is one of only ...

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 ...

From the family of the brilliant Champion Hurdle winner Faugheen, and similarly marked with a white blaze, the six-year-old made quite an impression on her bumper debut at Punchestown in January of ...

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.

People may unwittingly end up calling a third-party firm while trying to find their insurer’s contact details online, the Insurance Fraud ...

Adam Jones has backed Warren Gatland to turn Wales’ fortunes around as they head into a Six Nations campaign on the back of 12 successive Test defeats.

Connections fully expect Potters Charm to rebound at the Cheltenham Festival after an unexpected Trials Day defeat. The six-year-old was contesting the Ais Novices’ Hurdle on Saturday and came into ...

Over Players are set to dazzle audiences with their upcoming production of Aladdin, which starts its four-day run on Wednesday, January 29.