DEMENTIA and Alzheimer’s disease are the leading cause of death in Jersey, accounting for one-in-ten deaths, newly released ...

By Dr Carmel Corrigan Parenting. To parent. It is relatively recent that the noun “parent” became a verb in common English ...

Jess Phillips has suggested she is open to co-operating with Rupert Lowe’s private inquiry into grooming gangs. The Home Office minister said she was “more than happy” to meet the Independent MP to ...

Iran has finally extinguished a fire at a southern port rocked by an explosion as the death toll in the blast rose to at least 70 people. Satellite images analysed by the Associated Press also showed ...

Monday was the hottest day of the year so far with temperatures set to increase further this week, the Met Office has said. The weather service said the highest temperature recorded on Monday was ...

A preferred buyer for the UK’s largest water company would “multiply” the problems of the troubled utility firm, it has been warned at Westminster. Concerns over the selection by Thames Water of US ...

The sugar tax applied to fizzy drinks is set to be extended to milkshakes and similar treats under Government proposals. Plans to end the exemption from the levy for dairy-based drinks, as well as non ...

The wife of a British citizen who has been imprisoned in Dubai for 17 years has urged Sir Keir Starmer to do more to secure his release. Heather Cornelius delivered a letter to 10 Downing Street on ...

A rare painting by LS Lowry originally bought for £10 is expected to sell for up to £1 million nearly 100 years later. The painting, Going To The Mill, was bought by Arthur Wallace for £10 in 1926 and ...

Sir Keir Starmer has hosted the head of the Palestinian Authority as the UK Government announced a £101 million funding package for the occupied territories in a show of the UK’s “steadfast support”.

Home Office minister Jess Phillips said she expects local inquiries into grooming gangs will “go further” than the five already announced. During an urgent question in the Commons, Ms Phillips also ...

Key industries in Scotland cannot be allowed to be “hollowed out”, First Minister John Swinney said, as he pledged his Government would “play its part” in preventing such an outcome. The SNP leader ...