The package for mayoral authorities is expected to include funding to extend the metros in Tyne and Wear, Greater Manchester and the West Midlands.

On Tuesday, search teams were seen draining a well and clearing areas of dense vegetation near abandoned buildings in an area near Praia da Luz.

A report by the Women and Equalities Committee said that ‘meaningful change requires both cultural and structural reform’.

SNP leader John Swinney and the Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar are both expected to campaign in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse on Wednesday.

An in-home foot scanner that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to recognise the warning signs of heart failure could help keep people with the condition out of hospital, according to researchers.

More than 100 men stormed Bayham Abbey, near Tunbridge Wells in Kent, with makeshift weapons, in protest at its closure as part of religious reforms.

The Commons Public Accounts Committee criticised the speed of decommissioning work at the former nuclear power plant.

Award-winning novelist Bernardine Evaristo has been announced as the recipient of an outstanding contribution award from the Women’s Prize Trust. The one-off literary honour celebrates Evaristo’s body ...

Scottish actor Gerard Butler has joked it was fun to “get out of my pyjamas and actually put on a costume” to star in the live-action remake of How To Train Your Dragon.

The US President has decided to ‘provide different treatment’ to the UK after a deal that was struck between Washington and London last month.

The Duchess of Sussex will be joined by other high-profile guests at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles on June 14.