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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...