Publicly-owned Great British Energy has awarded mayors grant funding to roll out projects such as solar panels on community buildings to cut bills.

Good grief – Royal Mail has released images of new stamps to mark the 75th anniversary of the popular comic strip Peanuts. The eight stamps include specially adapted artworks from classic comic strips ...

The 1,000-year-old oak tree in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, is reputed to have been a hiding place for Robin Hood and his band of outlaws.

An Olympic sports star has teamed up with academic experts to help teenage girls feel more comfortable in their school PE kits. Tess Howard, who competed for Team GB in the Paris 2024 games, has ...

More than half of UK airports raised or introduced drop-off fees for drivers in the past year, while most of the busiest EU airports still have no charge, according to new research. Eleven out of 20 ...

Care home workers and their families are almost twice as likely to live in poverty as the average UK employee, according to research published as those in the adult social care sector await details on ...

Around one million UK homes have risen by at least 50% in value since the coronavirus pandemic, according to estimates by Zoopla. The property website said house values have increased by a fifth (20%) ...

Shops are legally selling addictive nicotine pouches to children just weeks after single-use vapes were banned in an effort to cut their use among young people, Trading Standards has warned. Trading ...

Rachel Reeves will pitch the UK as a “beacon of stability” when she meets fellow finance ministers in South Africa. The Chancellor is set to meet her counterparts at the G20 in Durban on Thursday and ...

Families paying for childcare over the six-week summer holiday now face a bill of £1,076 per child on average – a rise of 4% on last year, a report has found. Councils have reported a shortage of ...

Tory ex-ministers have sought to defend their record amid mounting pressure over the Afghan data leak that resulted in an unprecedented superinjunction and an £850 million secret relocation scheme.

The number of offers made to prospective undergraduate students from universities and colleges has reached a record high, Ucas figures show. More than nine in 10 (94.5%) of all students who applied ...